While I can’t say without reasonable doubt that John was intentionally deceptive, he led us to believe that we would be able to drop off our luggage after our red eye flight before checking in. I confirmed this with him over a month before the booking and he responded “yes, that is fine”. The day of, he gave us radio silence in the morning and copy pasted responses that check in is available at 3pm.
It should be clear from both the host’s responses to other reviews and this interaction that he is often quite belligerent and deceptive to guests rather than courteous.
Ultimately, this was quite a disappointing stay and I would not book it again.