This was only our 3rd AirBnB stay, so we’re still learning how best to use this resource.
Pros:
* Accessible, with on site parking in a seemingly safe, wooded, hillside neighborhood.
* Spacious high-ceilinged room over a large two-car garage, with queen bed, comfortable seating, dining table.
* Private bath with modern amenities.
* Owner accessible by phone as needed. See last item below.
* Quiet location, with no noise from street or others in adjoining house.
* Coffeemaker easy to use.
* No sign of pets.
Cons, depending on guests' expectations:
* A little jarring at first to walk through an empty garage at night to stairwell on opposite side to get to the room.
* Bed and bedding not quite as comfortable as others we’ve used.
* Soap in bathroom had hair from prior guest.
* Heavily scented detergents used on bedding and bathroom towels.
* Worrisome noisy sputtering of pilot light on room’s gas furnace/fireplace next to bed. We weren’t completely comforted by the owner’s confirmation of the issue followed by assurances that no other guests had reported any subsequent problems. Some google searching turned up possibility that there may be a faulty thermocouple that intermittently and momentarily tells the system it’s not OK to keep gas flowing because a pilot flame isn’t detected.
Our stay was a very good one. Main thing we learned was to ask about use of scented detergents for bedding and towels, to which my wife is extremely sensitive.