So how did our first Airbnb experience go?
Wonderfully :) We'd never travelled to Portland and were accustomed to more generic hotel selections. Read up on nice areas, not nice areas, things to do, things not to do, and arrived on ArtFulLife as our destination. A calculated leap of faith!
Didn't know what to expect, but Fred's proactive communications and patient explanation of Portland's interesting rental car parking landscape were very reassuring.
Check-in was seamless. The room was lovely, interesting, we'd have lived there were we junior art students. We were in OR to geocache, so lots of hiking and driving up timber hauling roads, arriving back home a little tense after each day - the rooms, kitchen, shower all comfortable. Bed was amazing - we want one.
After nailing the parking (pass can be provided) a very short walk brings you to shops, restaurants, bars - we took advantage and enjoyed ourselves immensely.
Thanks for the stay.
R&C