Rosemary and her husband were extremely nice hosts. I will do my due diligence in being honest about this stay. I was hesitant to do it because I wanted to be “nice” but nice isn’t isn’t always helpful or the best. I really think they need to reconsider how they run their Airbnb. This is the first Airbnb experience where I’m kind of regretting the place I booked. I tried to overlook some of these things as not everything in life will be perfect but with the type of home they’re hosting they really could do better. My room overall was nice but a few things:
1. I came in to my private room and bathroom and the soaking tub had not been cleaned before I arrived. There were strings of hair from a previous guest and other particles left behind in it.
2. THE PARKING. I think this is where they’re biting off more than they can chew. Just because they’re allowed to park four cars in the driveway doesn’t mean they should. I came in my own personal vehicle and I got blocked in, I communicated that I needed to be some where at 9am so I asked where can I park so I don’t get blocked in. Rosemary says to me the morning of at 8:17am “I didn’t know that you were leaving so early, I thought you said 9am”. Why was I even having this conversation about me leaving the Airbnb??? So I’m supposed to stay trapped all morning because you guys are hosting way more people than you should at a time? This should be a convenient experience. I’ve NEVER had this issue with an Airbnb.
3. Im sitting in my room trying to make the most of my staycation and then boom, I smell this unpleasant scent coming from underneath my door. Of course someone is cooking something. I have a really weak stomach. So I decided to go outside and sit on the balcony. I don’t want to yuck someone else’s yum, but that was not my most favorite moment.
4. Nonstop mosquitos & gnats in my room. And no this was happening before I even opening the balcony door. I was swatting non stop.
5. The comforter blanket in the closet was DIRTY. No sign of it being washed at all. I’m not even sure if the entire bed was clean, I did see stains on the covers. But that happens I guess… the towels were clean for sure but they definitely should’ve washed the blankets and comforters.
Note I did check in 30 mins earlier and asked if I could check in even earlier and Rosemary did what she could, she definitely could’ve said no if that affected cleanliness at all. If accommodations are going to diminish the quality they should be simply denied.