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Me and and my friend went for a spontaneous trip to Seattle as the weather in Vancouver was very bad. We booked the same day as we arrived and were really glad it worked out on such short notice. Eric, his son and dauther in law were so nice and welcoming! We loved our stay there.
BUT we really didn't like the communication with Alexis (which seems to be the co-host?!). She was really rude and didn't understand that we as tourists do not have internet on the road. We couldn't respond to her question when we exactly arrive although we ticked the box on airbnb as the website askes for it when making a booking - you can select a time frame of 2 hours which we did!
And as I apologized and explained that we couldn't forsee the traffic and the waiting time at the boarder and that we entered the estimated arrival time on the airbnb website (1pm-3pm) she just wrote (I quote!) "As a guest you need to tell your host when you are arriving. DO NOT MESSAGE ANYMORE." and "don't message again or I'll report you to airbnb"
My question... what for? For explaining and apologizing? And - as already mentioned. I did state a time frame when I did the booking.
Long story - short advice: stay in contact with Eric and you'll have a lovely stay! :)