Had a wonderful stay at Carmen’s! She is the host with the most!
Pros:
- Carmen provided EVERYTHING! Even food, greeted us with a nice bottle of champagne, all towels, toiletries (minus toothbrush/paste)!
- Literally a 1 minute walk to the subway station, extremely convenient to go anywhere and everything is close!
- There’s a whole foods right in front and it closes at 10pm so if you need anything, it’s so convenient to just get it from there!
Cons:
- As with any New York places, there were few cockroaches but not overwhelming
- It is on the 4th floor and NO elevators and the stairs are quite uneven so if you don’t have a steady gait, it will be a challenge to go up
- There are quite a few homeless people right around there but they keep to themselves
- Check in requires a meet up so you need to coordinate with the host. It was a bit difficult in the beginning to know where exactly to meet as it is an apartment complex so it wasn’t communicated in the beginning to meet in front of the unit number or the complex. I’ve never stayed in an Airbnb where check in was in person so this was new.
Overall, it was a wonderful stay especially the convenience! Carmen was very responsive and answered all my questions accordingly.