My boyfriend and I used Airbnb for the first time on our trip to Newport and were SO happy we did!! We were in town for a friend's wedding over the 4th of July and we spent a lot of time adventuring around town and the neighborhood was perfectly central to everything we needed to get to (approx 8 minute drive to each the beach, the naval base, and downtown). Though we learned our lesson that driving is NOT the way to get around Newport; next time we will take Karine up on her offer to rent us bicycles to get around. That would have been much easier! That said, we weren't at the house much other than to sleep, but I definitely wished we could have stayed longer and just hung out on Karine's beautiful back patio and snuggled with her three kitties a little more:) It's a beautiful, peaceful, historic home with lots of character at a great price compared to the hotels in the area and even other airbnb's (especially on a holiday weekend, this was totally the way to go!!)

Karine herself was absolutely lovely. She followed up with me a couple days before arriving and was very flexible settling on a time for our arrival. She greeted us at the door, showed us around and then once we assured her we had everything we needed, she left us alone to enjoy the adventures we had planned:) She even had books on local architecture waiting for us in our room because I informed her in an early message that my boyfriend and I are both architects. That was a very thoughtful touch!

The room was small and a tad warm in the summer evenings, but it didn't bother us much since we were only there to sleep and there was a big plug-in fan in the room so at least air was moving! The bed in our room was really a futon so a little on the hard side, but again, not a big deal for us since we are excellent sleepers! The bathroom was shared with three other bedrooms on our floor, all of which were occupied that weekend (it was a holiday, keep in mind) so that was a little inconvenient first thing in the morning when we were trying to shower and get ready at the same time as our fellow floor mates. Not a huge deal for us, but something to keep in mind!

Overall we had a great experience and highly recommend Karine's place! Happy Airbnb-ing!!