Nice place but a host that can be difficult.
Karen’s apartment is in very good condition, clean and in walking distance to the beach. Just beach, shops and restaurants.
Karen tries to make the stay pleasant and memorable. It was certainly memorable. To keep it simple: she wants you to feel like in a luxury home. But it’s her home, her rules and she takes any deviation from her idea of the stay as a personal offence that she needs to correct or at least justify. In my case this results in countless messages during my short stay and eventually ended in her knocking at my door late in the evening to fix the TV, despite me telling her there is no need to. She even sent photos of the working TV after I checked out, alongside with some “looks i told you, it’s all working, why do you say it’s not?” comments. Really that makes you feel welcome...
I’m not questioning her good intentions but hope she understands how she can come across. You may win the argument with a guest but you lose the guest.
I’m curious to see if Karen is able to just reflect on this feedback (and the one I wrote her personally) or if she feels again she has to respond and justify.
All the best for the future, I mean it. Good luck.