My girlfriend and I planned to visit some family in NYC for three days in July, and at the last minute the plans for where we were to stay fell through. At the time, the local hotel prices were staggering. After searching on AirBnB.com (for the first time ever), I was fortunate enough to find Angela’s listing at an unbeatable price.
Angela was very prompt & clear in responding to my initial reservation inquiry, and that didn’t change for the rest of my reservation and trip. After making my reservation, I notified Angela that my girlfriend & I would mostly likely be checking in between 1:45- 2PM; but on the day of the trip, our arrival in NYC was delayed a bit. Being new to AirBnB (and not knowing how check-ins were supposed to work), I contacted Angela to let her know about our delay, and she reassured me everything would be alright and not to worry about formalities. She also gave me directions on how best to get to the apartment. When we reached the apartment, Angela had stepped out for a moment, but had someone there to greet us and show us to our room; several minutes later, Angela arrived & introduced herself. She was very welcoming- turning on the A/C for us, so we’d be cool & comfortable (given the heat wave going on in the city, at the time); talking to us for a little while about herself, her good experiences with AirBnB, and the neighborhood; and then she showed us the apartment. Angela gave us the information for us to access the apartment’s Wi-Fi, and two sets of keys, ensuring we knew how to work the locks on all the doors. She then left us with clean sheets, towels and toiletries, and some suggestions to local restaurants and shops in the neighborhood.
You would definitely get a bang for your buck staying here. We were really lucky because there weren’t any other tenants scheduled to stay on our floor until after we left; so we had the entire apartment to ourselves. The apartment as a whole was very nice and clean. Our room was small, but spacious enough for both my girlfriend and I, and it had a small desk, a TV with cable, and large walk-in closet with plenty of room for our stuff.
The surrounding neighborhood, at first glance, may seem a bit sketchy (especially if you’re not used to an urban environment), but it’s actually nice and quiet. Across the street there are two corner stores (one of which is open 24 hours) with almost anything you could need. One block away there is a little frozen yogurt shop, and some beautiful brownstones. The A & C-Train stations, which can get you (or connect you to a train that can pretty much get you) anywhere is just a short two-block walk away. The only issue we had with our stay was that the water pressure of the shower in the bathroom was a bit weak. But I let Angela know about it and she said she’d have it fixed. Other than that, it was great. I definitely plan to book with Angela again on my future NYC trips.