Taught me or solidify for me that headline ad : “private room” and pictures are far from reality
I thought there’s some sort of paneling for walls, to call it private , there’s not even a room, you can’t call some flimsy material as walls to call it a room or makeshift room. A room has at least 4 walls, not 2, the other 2 are some type of cloth material.
My puppy , only 2y, very excitable and apprehensive especially in a new environment became even more hyper excitable. The dog can hear, smell everything as there’s no actual walls, or separation from the outside.
After the first night stay , the host messaged me privately (claimed he got my number from Airbnb , not too sure Airbnb does that, contradicting their own advice to guests to always communicate through the app) if there’s something to do with the noise/barking, neighbors, roommates are complaining.
Host even mentioned drug or chemical restrained after having told him I will not do such thing to my dog.
Actually there’s something that can be done, that will stop my dog’s barking actual walls that helps lessen the noise from the outside that my dog is hypersensitive.
Given the situation I asked the host to cancel my upcoming reservation (made when I haven’t seen the place obviously, thought it was as ad :”private room”) which is quite extended stay.
Of course the host wouldn’t do it, insisted I cancel instead to grab as much of the total amount I paid for without having stayed even for a minute or even before check in. There’s nothing that Airbnb can do to help the guest.
Not to mention, the lack of privacy/security for me, a tiny female traveling alone, there are a lot of roommates who comes and go.
The kitchen and the bathroom were clean.
I was wondering why the beddings, sheets on the bed were not washed or change for ages they stink.
And it was hot inside, no AC, it’s an old house, the power keeps coming out when we using the electric grill. The host claimed someone was using a heater, no one did , in the late morning - afternoon was hot, he wasn’t even there.
He did pull some sort of AC unit from somewhere at the last minute , put it under the kitchen table. To claim his place has an AC, all we had to do is communicate.
First of all, to claim your place has an AC , it has to be installed and working. We don’t even know if it’s working or not when they just pulled one from storage at the last minute to claim they’ve AC . No one has to ask to have an AC unit installed. Or ask that you change the beddings with clean ones which the guest paid for such services.