My girlfriend, myself, and friend came to stay at Monica’s Airbnb for 3 nights, and I just wanted to leave as honest of feedback as possible, so future guests know what to expect and for there to hopefully be improvements made. Let’s get to it:
1) Written communication from Monica didn’t feel friendly or welcoming, and it lacked warmth. In my past experience, communication with super hosts is usually inviting and makes you feel as though they are truly happy to be hosting. It felt that Monica was too scared of her home being disrespected or damaged to be an inviting host, and that makes someone feel simply uncomfortable to be there. The amount of rules, how they are written, and constantly repeated does not make for a cordial host.
2) If you are coming in the summer, be prepared for a VERY hot and distressing stay. There is only a portable AC in each bedroom, and nothing in the living room, and when our stay was during 94 degree weather at its peak, the heat and humidity in the apartment was sweltering. Despite Monica it clear that there was no AC in the common areas, nothing prepared us for the actuality of how oppressive the heat would feel. Even taking a hot shower would make the common areas absolutely stifling. Monica is very strict about not running the AC when you aren’t in the apartment, and despite knowing this rule before hand, I feel an exception must be made during a blistering heatwave. Monica did offer us to turn on the AC for us 30 min prior to our arrival if she was around, but the issue here is that the bedrooms take about 1-2 hours to actually cool down.
3) The bed and pillows wreaked havoc on our backs. It is a standard mattress with some sort of foam topper, which accumulates an incredible amount of heat. The other issue is that there was only 2 pillows per bad and they are by far the most uncomfortable pillows I have used.
That being said, the apartment was incredibly clean, in a great location. I think if the above issues were sorted, this can be an incredible stay for folks.