This was our first time using airbnb and I honestly don't know how we have been staying in hotels for so long! Alexis was a fantastic host and her Downtown Oasis is a wonderful place to stay while exploring all that Austin has to offer. She was very thoughtful and even left an assortment of snacks and soft drinks for us in the kitchen!

The place was immaculate and tastefully furnished with many Ikea pieces. The linens were clean and soft and the A/C was cold. If you are coming to Austin without a car, I highly recommend signing up for a Car2Go carshare account prior to arriving and downloading the Ridescout app. We were visiting from DC (which also has Car2Go) but I've never seen such a dense concentration of Car2Go Smart cars in one place. Bus service throughout the city was pretty good as well and a lot of bus routes run just two short blocks away at 17th and Guadalupe. Downtown is just a short walk away but getting to South or East Austin is a little bit farther so a bus or car comes in handy in those instances.

Our one complaint was a pair of noisy dogs in the unit next door. It seemed to be another vacation rental unit, possibly even airbnb due to the lock box on the door handle. The unit sounded like it was empty the first couple of days but on the day before we left someone moved in with a pair of very yappy dogs that barked incessantly. Annoying? Yes. End of the world? No. We were out so much that we didn't have to listen to them that much.

It would have been nice if the building offered recycling. We felt pretty bad about trashing so much recyclable material.

All in all, Downtown Oasis is a superb place to stay! Ideal location, comfortable, and fairly priced. Definitely looking forward to returning at some point down the road!