To check in, you need to coordinate with someone to share your ETA. Having fun on the beach and wanting to linger an extra 30 minutes? Gotta text the host. Upon arrival, you have to undergo a walk through of the home — it’s a small 3-bedroom with notes everywhere. On the soap in the shower. Next to the garbage can. In the refrigerator. We felt incredibly uncomfortable and like interlopers in a very persnickety person’s home. I told our kids to touch nothing and we left early in the morning because every aspect of our stay was micromanaged. Also, you can’t use the tickets to the Monterey Aquarium without a $200 deposit and a 2-day stay, as there are physical cards that you have to return to the home. It felt a bit like false advertising.
(Review written by Francine, not Jan)