2/5: Schlecht
Gwendolyn A.
19. Juli 2021
Thick Perfume and Absentee Host
I was glad to check out and won’t be returning, although there are quite a few things about this property that are nice and the reasons I booked five nights. The downside was the poor air quality on account of perfuming the linens to reek and the impertinence of the hosts to where I just gave up and hopes for the days to pass quickly. What I had wanted from this listing were the sitting areas, the kitchen, and the neighborhood, and all of those features were good. It’s incredibly quiet aside from a few ferocious cat fights (those people should keep their pets inside at night!). I didn’t sleep well because the perfume was so overpowering. I had brought my own sheets and it soaked into the sheets and all the way through to my bedclothes too. Someone who smokes or has dogs might like this okay. I didn’t notice anything like stains or foul odors to cover over, I am assuming the owners just love intense perfume. But the owner is absentee in a different time zone and preoccupied with walks on the beach. You can call anytime (text is not an option) but be prepared for a lengthy discourse with no resolution. Yes there is someone local but she is managing a nursing unit and has meetings and long hours you will have to hear about if you have a request. The owner said she was making a special trip to Whole Foods to buy me special detergent but that was made up, I supplied some non toxic detergents but got back linens still steeped in perfumes. And when the internet was down initially I was supposed to do the trouble shooting myself. I asked to resolve in the morning but got calls that woke me up and so much lengthiness. The owner does not seem to acknowledge that the occupant is paying a good rate for the amenities and perhaps they don’t have time to run a VRBO. I had stopped staying at Novato Days Inn which is convenient to my work because they often has problems with the hot water boiler, but I was so happy when I finally checked out of this place and went back to Days Inn. I had told the local person they hotels had stopped using chemical perfumes twenty years ago, and particularly in the Bay Area natural living is a norm, and she answered “This isn’t a hotel.” Maybe it was a language barrier but anyways, there are hotels and I will be most glad to stay in one. What I liked least was having to go to the laundromat late at night to rewash my sheets and one blanket in a dark deserted shopping plaza.