My husband and I came to NYC to have a few days of sightseeing before we had to do some work in the area. We had both been to New York before, but never together, so we were excited to experience the city together! I chose Xiomara's place because it looked gorgeous in the photos, which it was, it was clean, updated and decorated very nicely. She was very good about communicating with us once we arrived since she was at work, but gave us very detailed instructions about the apartment and everything we would need to know. The last time I was in town I stayed in Williamsburg, so I was used to that neighborhood and the quick access to Manhattan from that part of Brooklyn, this neighborhood wasn't nearly as nice and even though it didn't look much further on the map to me it took much longer to get into Manhattan than Williamsburg. It was walking distance to the nearest train station, which was really nice, but it does take roughy an hour to get into the city depending on how busy traffic/trains are during the time of day. I should've done a bit more research on how far it actually was and the type of neighborhood it was in, but like I said the apartment itself was beautiful and perfect. The only hiccup we had was Xiomara has a young puppy that is still being house trained and barks when she's left in her kennel, so there were a couple of potty accidents while she was at work that my husband and I took care of but Xiomara was very kind and refunded our cleaning fee and made sure she put the puppy at doggy daycare while she was at work the next couple of days. We are dog owners as well, and Xiomara works long hours at a hospital, so we totally understand how tricky it can be with a puppy. All in all we had a very nice stay and were comfortable at her place.