We were really excited to stay at Bismillah place but the day that we were suppose to check-in I realized I hadn't received any check-in instructions. I immediately reached out to Bismillah to retrieve this information early that morning. My friends and I had a 5pm flight and Bismillah finally responded back to me about 3hrs before our flight took off. Things got weird when Bishmillah notified me that he was willing to pick us from the airport and take us to another location ( No explanation to why we weren't staying in the place we paid for). I immediately called Bismillah and he explained their was no electricity at his place. When I tried to probe him with more questions about where this new location would be and basic details about the rooms etc he told me he would get back to me and send this information to me in a text. The entire situation sounded very sketchy and for the safety of everyone in my group I asked Bismillah to cancel this reservation because it was not ready for guests. Bismillah stated he was a work and that he had no problem cancelling. I ended up contacting Airbnb customer service because I didn't want to leave it up to the host seeing how everything else turned out. Luckily my group was able to find another place to stay before our flight took off but it would have been nice if Bismillah would have been more considerate to others. Imagine if I didn't reach out to Bismillah that morning we wouldn't have heard from him and possibly wouldn't have a place to stay during our trip.
My advice to Bismillah would be if you know you are having issues with your place out of respect please try and give your guest advance notice. Also, offering guest to stay at an off-site location that is not listed on your profile is just bad business (insurance and safety concerns) . Guests have the right to know where they would possibly be laying their heads during their trips.