I hate leaving bad reviews since we've had nothing but positive experiences with our hosts, but our stay here was a bit rocky. I feel like other guests should be aware of few things before booking so they don't run into the same issues as we did.
-When I first contacted the host, I didn't get a response for over a day, when she finally responded, she said she was waiting for her friends to confirm a stay since she wasn't sure they were coming. It would have been professional to let me know right away so I would have kept searching for another place.
-Before our flight, I asked her about the location of the key and got a snarky "I already told you where it would be!" I felt like I was being yelled at and nowhere did it say that in itinerary or texts.
- There was a lot of noise coming from upstairs starting at 7:30 am which sounded like kids screaming, stomping and furniture being dragged around, so we didn't get much sleep after walking around NYC for 8 miles a day.
- I would not recommend going out after dark, it didn't feel safe for several reasons inluding screaming and cussing in the middle of the night outside.
-We're pretty sure the apartment was entered when we were not there since we locked both lock and couple days one of them was unlocked. I understand if the host needed something, but the decent thing to do would be to let us know ahead of time or call when we are there
-As an icing on the cake, 3 days after our stay, I got a message from the host saying that we used too many towels, seriously? if it's such a problem do to a load of laundry, then leave a limited number for the guests.
-She then said that we were sneaky and ran away in the morning of checkout. We also didn't come over to say hi. Based on previous interaction over the text, I didn't take her to be a social or warm person and besides that, we had a full day and very little to socialize. The morning of checkout, we were trying to get to the airport on time and as we were getting in the cab, the boyfriend ran out while on the phone the whole time and yelled at me asking if everything was good.
Here's an idea, why don't you text your guest and invite them over if you're so friendly?
As of last, I'm continued being harassed by the host and now she's comparing me to Donald Trump.. very classy.