My experience made me never want to book an airbnb again. Starting from the beginning, when you walk in there is cigarette smell that was obviously covered up with bleach and other cleaning products and scented wall plug ins from the bathroom. I gave the host a chance to come up with a solution, and he simply said it must be the neighbor and to air out. We did as he said, turned on fans and AC and open up the big sliding door. I told him that we hope we don’t get penalized because of the high electricity bill. He said he doesn’t understand the correlation between the two and to turn off the AC. Imagine paying $200 a night and you get threaten to pay for the electricity bill? Imagine paying $200 a night and the host says to you, “it’s afternoon right now there’s no need to use the AC”. You can’t even turn on the AC to your comfort. TAKE YOUR MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
Anyways, the horrible smell was still there. I had to take my kids to a nearby hotel because one has developed a cough just being in there, not even sleeping there. Two adults stayed in the airbnb and one developed sinus infection. The other developed a cough.
At the nearby hotel, I spent $100 a night, stayed in a very clean pristine room. Had free breakfast for everyone. They cleaned the room every morning. And we had the AC on the whole time we stayed there. It was a better experience overall and that’s why I will never book an Airbnb ever again.
We have been traveling all of Europe and decided to spend a bit more money on this Airbnb since we will be in Mallorca (a very beautiful island), but our expectations were not met. From the pictures, you’d think this place is nice, serene, clean and white. In reality, it’s dirty — there are stains on the walls, it smells like cigarets smoke, and the towels were stained. There was dust everywhere, and the couch and curtains were stained.
Additionally, when we came in there we were greeted by a bunch of stuff in the fridge! And a dirty/stained towel in one of the cabinets. I let the host know because I don’t want to be charged for it, he asked me to take a picture but by then me and my kids were gone.
The bathroom upstairs, don’t worry about using it. When we first got there, I took a shower and it left the WHOLE bedroom with a puddle of water. Even the curtains were wet, instead of enjoying the beautiful island of Mallorca, we were cleaning up the pool of water in the bathroom.
The taxi driver that droves us to our hotel and the receptionist knew that this apartment building was old and dirty.
Despite the host denying it in prior reviews, I can confirm that comments about beds being uncomfortable are true even though the host supposedly bought it in 2020. I can also confirm and so can many locals that the apartment building is dilapidated even though host claims it was remodelled. I can also confirm that the water pressure goes up and down and so does the temperature.