We decided to stay at Dirk & Jaq's apartment for a Seattle vacation. It was our first trip to Seattle and our first time using Airbnb as well. We couldn't be more pleased!

The well cleaned, 1 bedroom apartment was plenty spacious and minimally, but nicely decorated. The bed and linens were very comfortable, and it's easy to imagine staying there with a child due to the comfortable hide-a-bed in the living room. Pulled out, it also makes for a great place to relax in front of the TV once you've exhausted yourself walking around the city (there's a lot of walking to do!). The kitchen was adequately stocked with eggs, bread, some jam, english muffins, and milk.

As for the location, it's great as well. You'll have easy walking access to:

- Pike Place Market
- Space Needle and surrounding museums (Chihuly Glass Garden and EMP)
- Convention Center (1 block away)
- Downtown shopping
- More seafood than you'll have time to sample in one trip
- Capitol Hill
- Light rail for easy access to SeaTac
- And Freemont and Ballard (salmon ladder) are easy to get to via bus

We rented a car one day in order to get out to Olympic National Park (highly recommended) but otherwise in no way felt we were lacking without a car.

We didn't get to meet our hosts face-to-face unfortunately but that was due to the timing of our travel schedule, not through lack of interest or effort on their part. They were very attentive and helpful, responding quickly to text messages during our trip planning and while we were there. All of our questions were answered about the apartment itself and more broadly about vacationing in Seattle.

We're not sure when we'll get back to Seattle but whenever that is, we'll definitely see if we can stay with Dirk and Jaq again.