We did enjoy our stay at Ala’s place, especially since there was a lot of flexibility with check-in and check-out times.
But there were a few strange things that should’ve been communicated in advance. We thought we would be staying at Ala’s place with him, which was not the case, since there were other guests there as well, who were also surprised by us being there. After those guests left, we were not informed wether there would be new guests coming (even after asking Ala, who said “maybe, I don’t know yet”) We didn’t mind other people staying with us, since they were all lovely, but knowing about it would’ve been nice.
There was also a camera in the living room, which is apparently legal in the US, so maybe a sidenote for any Europeans wanting to stay here, you will be recorded in the common areas (which apparently are only in case of emergency, but Ala did show up randomly every time we turned the camera away from us, to "fix the christmas tree")
Other than that we had a nice stay