I would say the space is nice but Airbnb hosts really need to be clear about what’s happening. When we come there and give them money to sleep and leave we are paying their bills. They are the ones that get to reap the benefits from living in that space long term and feeling grounded. When we pay their bills they aren’t actually doing anything for us in those hours. They aren’t cooking for us, helping us solve a problem, or doing anything with those hours that we are there with their hands or efforts. They are just loving their lives doing whatever they want with their time while all we do is exist in a space behind walls that they usually exist in, and pay their bills for those days we are there. There’s nothing for a host to feel entitled about.they should be extremely Greatful to the guests for existing there and paying their bills for exchange of no real “work” being done by the host.
I did not feel that appreciation here. I paid for an entire day the first day starting from 3pm but I didn’t get there till 2am because of my flight. So for 13 hrs I paid and didn’t get to use the space. I stayed for 4 days the last day I paid for all of Monday but my flight was not until 9pm. She made sure to get me out by 11am. She claimed that she had a booking but not that day. I asked her for some extra time as I was feeling sick and she said no. Compassionate human beings dont make rules more important than people. She didn’t even have the decency of communicating with me and telling me when the next guest were getting there (which I’m sure it wasn’t that day or else she would have said that) and work something out so I could stay in a safe place up until my flight and not out there in the streets of portland where I had a domestic abuse ex partner in the past. She didn’t care at all about my well-being. I was there just as something to make money from.
I rather give more money to another host who cares and accommodates their guests… so yeah it’s a good value for the space. Rent there is about $2227 a month I paid $400 which means I covered her bills only for those days. She didn’t over charge too much but she had little appreciation and felt entitled and didn’t care about my well-being as a guest.
You decide what you want to do. All this that matters to me about how I spend my money may not matter to you. You might be a rules over care kind of person too.