COMMUNICATION: Was a little off. Could be because I was on a road trip driving to our destination so I wasn’t looking at my phone for emails or messages unless I stopped for gas or could be because the Host is a traveling nurse and isn’t able to answer the phone right away. We were promised a small refund for all of our inconveniences and bad check in experience but when I contacted the host to make sure she did it, she said she would contact AirBnB “tomorrow” and I still haven’t received anything or heard back. Our check out date was August 9th. It’s a week later and still nothing.
PARKING: Parking is a joke and expensive! Limited parking unless you take the Host’s offer on paying a little extra for a reserved parking spot which is worth it otherwise parking is roughly $25-30 for all day parking BUT if you leave and come back and there’s no spots available then you’re just screwed and have to pay to park somewhere else.
CHECK IN: Host was in a different time zone during our stay there so we weren’t able to check in at the regular 3pm time. We had to wait which was inconvenient enough considering we were coming from 7 hours away and everyone had to use the bathroom immediately. We had to wait for someone to walk out of the hotel (and catch the door before it closed) so we could walk in. Once we had access to get into the building & elevator, it then took us roughly 20 minutes to get into our room. You have to download an app and the first time it syncs it takes 10-15 minutes.
SECURITY: Have you ever heard of LATCH? If not, I’d look into it. It’s an app that you’ll have to download so it your service is spotty then I recommend you download it before your stay there. You need your smartphone to be charged & Bluetooth to be on at all times if you want to get into the building, into the elevator, into a stairway, into the pool, into your room. You can’t accidentally forget your phone or you’re screwed.
THE ROOM: Sooooo cute! Looks exactly like the pictures! Bathroom is awesome! Wifi was spotty. Pullout bed was completely broken which we didn’t know until we pulled it out. I let the Host know. It took me 20 minutes to try to get it back into a couch without breaking it even more. Had to use the blow up mattress instead of the pullout couch which the girls said was comfy. No extra blankets for the pullout couch or the blowup mattress so if you’re going with 3 or more people then bring extra blankets. There’s a washer and dryer in the room which is nice because not a lot of places have that. The bed in the room was comfy and big. The balcony is beautiful and right above the pool which was amazing!
LOCATION: It took us less than 10 minutes to walk to Broadway which is the main strip in Nashville where you want to be! We loved not having to drive there because like I said before, parking is pricey and hard to find.
NOTE: Now that I know what to expect, I’m sure I’d stay there again. I was just caught off guard by all the unknowns of this stay. I’d pay for the parking with the Host and make sure I have the app and communicate with the Host the day before our trip so that we’re both on the same page. I’d also make it like a couples get away thing instead of a family trip.