I just came back home from my trip to NYC. I still feel very sad and angry about the experience with Maria's house. I simply don't understand why they decided to do Air B&B. I originally had made a reservation for 5 nights in their house but I decided to move out on the second night. (The first night, we arrived very late and just went to bed, then left the place early next morning. There was not even a chance of trouble.) But the thing happened on the second night.

I was walking around New York City with my daughter on the second day, but I felt very sick and tired, and canceled the rest of our plans and came back home early evening. I went to bed right away and fell asleep. Then I woke up at around 8 o'clock due to some loud noise. Maria and her husband were having a party with their friends. Loud talking, music (or TV sound?), and the food smell was just outside our room. It was not even a big house! Stressed and concenred, but still trying to understand this young Brazilian couple and their friends, I quietly called Maria and asked if they could be a little bit more quiet. And I told her that I felt sick and tried to get some sleep. What was more shocking was her attitude. I didn't get angry, but she was angry to me. She said "This is not a hotel. This is my house and I opened my house to you. I can invite my friends and I can't tell them to be quiet. You can go out anytime. You can cancel the room if you want. I'm fine with it." I didn't ask them to stop the party but only asked to be a little more thoughtful for their unfortunate sick guest. I was shocked. So my daughter and I started searching a new place and decided to move out. And we did next morning.

Our mistake was not to have read their refund policy carefully. We actually didn't get any reasonable refund. We stayed there only two night and still paied for almost 5 nights. Then I realized why she so confidently told me to go out and cancel the rest of the reservation. She had nothing to lose while we had everything to lose. But our real mistake was not to consider they had very few reviews. Their rates were not bad, but they were from only few people. We were deceived by them.

I still don't regret that I moved out wasting all this money because our new place and the host was just perfect. I'm only writing this review for other guests.

You go there on Friday, and find this host having a party with their friends. They would have no concern about you! That's their house!