Unfortunately, myself and friends had a terrible experience at this Airbnb. We booked this place for a bachelorette party, I thought it’d be the perfect place for a 2 night getaway. Wrong.
When booking, I had informed the host that we would like to stay here for my sister’s bachelorette party, and all was well when she had accepted my request. A few weeks before our stay, I had messaged asking if we could check in early, in order for my co-host and I to put up decor and bring in our items before the “bride” got into town. No response. So I thought I’d reach back out again the week before, and got a response saying “yes, that’s fine, I will send another message beforehand with entry instructions.” (This would have been a primal opportunity to send out rules)
Everything was going great, until the first night when I tried taking a shower and the water practically overflowed because their septic tank was backed up (which was never included on the site to notify guests they have a septic tank) nor no sign, saying it’s a “sensitive system.” So, I messaged her telling her what happened, and she said her husband would need to come in and fix it and that we would need to leave the Airbnb in the morning for 30 minutes in order for him to “fix it.” We thought, okay that’s fine, a minor inconvenience but alright. We came back, all fixed, so we continued to get ready for our brunch reservation. We left for brunch, came back, and were then greeted by the hosts.
The host began yelling in front of her family at myself and my party. She accused us of not asking to put up decorations and using tape which ripped the “expensive wallpaper” (we have visual proof this was here prior to our stay). I then walked into the Airbnb to realize that the host entered our space without prior notice and removed the banner in question. In the future, a more professional way to respond could have been a message via the Airbnb app asking us to please remove the banner that she had noticed.
It doesn’t end there… later that afternoon the septic system got clogged again… resulting in the husband having to come back and fix it while we were in the unit for a solid 1.5 hours. And 1.5 hours where we couldn’t use the bathroom, this was not a minor inconvenience anymore.
Unfortunately, our whole weekend was pretty much ruined. Which is pretty crappy knowing this was a special celebration. At the end of the day, these people should probably not have an Airbnb if they’re worried about what their guests are doing in the space that they RENT.
DO NOT rent this place unless you want to get yelled at and falsely accused of things or have your space walked into without permission while you are gone.