Pros:
- This apt is centrally located (it is across the street from the address provided, so read the arrival instructions carefully!)
- The layout is flexible. 2 separate rooms, 2 separate bathrooms and showers, and a loft above the second room with 2 beds. The kitchen is off of the first room.
- Pots and pans were provided (but no salt or oil)
Cons:
- After having been responsive in the lead-up to the trip, our contact, Sabine, disappeared the day of our arrival (Sunday). We asked about parking, the fact that there was no hot plate as advertised in the apt, and 2 of the beds were missing sheets and pillows. We called, texted, messaged on Vrbo, but they only answered around 9:30 the next day (Monday). The hosts provided electric hot plates and made the beds, but if they aren't available on the weekend, Sunday arrivals should not be possible.
- The apartment was very hot and stuffy—over 20° in the loft—and there was no way to control the thermostat or open windows. By the end of our stay, it was dank, smelly, and humid, and we couldn’t air the apartment.
- There were only single mattresses, and they were light, soft, and lumpy (as were the pillows). Everyone had severe back pain by the end of the trip.
- A door in the apartment opens into a central managing room with numbered doors—other rentals managed by BetterStays, I hope? Surreal.
The rental could have been great, but instead it was uncomfortable, unpleasant, and…strange!