I planned a jam packed weekend adventure, but it was unfortunately really hard to get in contact with the host to check into the space. THe NYC subway system gave us a hard time and it took a lot longer to get out to Brooklyn than I initially anticipated. I kept the host updated as to my progress and sent updated arrival times as I had service. I let her know that I would call when we got off the train. We finally arrived around 5pm. I called 4 times with no answer and ended up sat outside for 45min until another guest showed up. Luckily the other pair believed me when I said I was also a guest and let us into a common area to drop our bags off.
At this point my phone was dying so I gave Shae a call from my partners phone and let her know that I could be reached there. Shae had said that she would send an email with info about the space, but I never received it.
I was worried about eventually getting into the space, but finally received a text from her around 9pm with the information to get into the private area I had reserved.
She proceeded to text us later in the evening and sent a few texts at 1am to check on us. Unfortunately my phone had died earlier that evening so I didn't see them until the following morning.
After wandering around the city holding our bags until 5:30pm, and not getting back to the place until 1am we slept like rocks. The space was a little warm, but not intolerable.
I can attribute the comfy bed and dark room for throwing off my internal clock, and we didn't wake up until 11:15am. Luckily the host had no problem letting us stay in the unit for a few minutes longer. We ended up leaving the space at 12:20.
I never met the host in person, but finally spoke to her on the phone to let her know we had locked up.
Not the best experience, but I wasn't too upset about it the next morning. Shae was really very sweet on the phone!
I would just encourage all potential guests to reach out ASAP and be sure to get all information via email beforehand as phone seems to be an unreliable way to get in contact with the host.