This was our first experience with Airbnb. We wanted a reasonably priced place to explore Monterey and Carmel and Erika and Blake's cottage in Pacifc Grove was perfect. We've been to Carmel and Monterey many times but had never spent much time in Pacific Grove. It's a perfect location within easy drives of both but don't miss exploring Pacific Grove as well with many good restaurants to choose from. We stayed 6 nights with our shelty, Duchess. For breakfast each day, Erika accomodated us both with omnivour choices (me) and vegan choices (my wife) personally served by Erika or Blake along with one of their dogs, Morty who came by to meet Duchess (their other dog, Maude, was too shy to come visit). Several nights we returned from dinner to find fresh baked cookies waiting for us. The cottage is cozy and the king size bed was very comfortable with a memory foam mattress topper which made staying 6 nights most enjoyable. You don't typically find that in a hotel. The studio cottage has a small kitcehette that was well stocked with most everything we needed and the cottage is within 5 minutes walking to Asilomar State Beach which is a beautiful stretech of coastline. The trails are well maintained and we were able to walk miles each day right along the coast or through the Asilomar conference center grounds. The only thing we could not take advantage of because of the weather was the private patio right outside the cottage. Had it not been damp and cold in mid-December it would have been a great place to enjoy breakfast in the morning and a glass of wine at night. Thanks to Erika, Blake and Morty for making our stay an enjoyable one.