Hola todos! First one for Buenos Aires. This first few days here were very annoying and I felt like I didn’t have a very good start to the place.
To start things off I have a 9am bus ride here from Bahía Blanca and I’m set to get in around 6.30 pm more or less. Mrs lady who owns the Airbnb I’m staying in sends me the usual hello how are you messages then sends me a big long copy pasted list of house rules and extra charges if you do this or that or if you stay for more than 7 nights (I was booked for 5) which didn’t apply. Okay fair enough but I’m sent this list about 5 different times over the course of the bus ride up and have to send a reply to yes understand and read. This already isn’t giving the greatest vibe. Next thing even though I told her when I booked what my ETA was she seemed to be very pissy about me not being able to give an exact time as to when I’ll be there. Lady it’s a 12 hour bus ride I can’t control wtf happens on the roads can I? Best I can give you is half hour window depending on how much pissing about there is between getting off the bus and when actually arrive! She says fine and goes quiet though pretty much every interaction involved a passive aggressive tone from her right from the get go but as money was paid and it would be a bit late in the day time I got there kind of let it slide.
Once I’m there I message her to say I got an Uber and will be at the place in half hour. I arrive at the gaff and it’s not her but a clumsy helper shes sending over with the keys. Her helper WhatsApps me says she’s on way but I’m kept waiting for a good 20 minutes after I’m there but say nothing keep it cool. Eventually I’m checked in and sorted but this whole nonsense didn’t set us off on the best foot here. My first night I do the usual thing of go out get food etc and see what the neighbourhood was like, the neighbourhood I was staying in, Palermo Soho was pretty relaxed and had lots of bars and restaurants about which again would’ve been great without Mrs ladys attitude.
Day 2 here I do the usual thing get myself booked onto a walking tour in the centre though I opt for an afternoon slot as was a bit tired from the travel day, at midday the guide says he had to cancel and moved it to the morning of the next day. That was fine for me honestly a bit of rest was good. Later that evening I went to Mundolingo which is a language exchange but everyone was in tight groups and couldn’t really break in so chinned if off after an hour and went to an Irish bar.
Day 3 we have the morning Walking tour of the Centre of Buenos aires, they show us round the cathedral, presidents house and other places though I’ll be honest here my head wasn’t in the right space and had to move some money about quick right as the tour started on the phone so most of the details kind of drifted over me but was interesting from what I could get.
Later that afternoon my mate Who’s not Ed Sheeran phones me up and we have a bit of a chat. I had been talking to him over WhatsApp the last few days and a rough plan had formed in my head which roughly involved going out to where they were after my stay in this place is up to hang out for a few days then go over to Montevideo in Uruguay 🇺🇾.
We have a bit of a conflab and he says they need to be out of their place on Sunday (it’s Thursday at the time) and decide that it would be best if we went to Uruguay together. It’s decided then at this point I will cut my stay short by 1 night and travel to Uruguay with them for one last side quest before my flight back to reality. I soon get to booking the ferry and then comes the hard bit, I ask Mrs lady for an early check out and if she can refund me for 1 night not stayed.
So as predicted she gets pissy about this then goes on about how kind they have been to me not charging me for a late check in (7.30pm in a country where people don’t have dinner till 10pm isn’t an unreasonable check in) and now I want to change the checkout? Oh the temerity of it I say!!
She eventually says she’ll give me a partial refund then tells me she is paranoid about losing her super host status and that the last guests complained (I wonder why?) and that to approve my refund she wanted me to give it 5 stars. Ugh eventually I say yes though this point I just want away from there and I’m leaving on Sunday refund or not. Eventually that’s that business sorted but I have one more day here before we make for Uruguay.
Day 4 here I just do laundry and get my stuff sorted for the most part then get packed up and all ready for kick off the next morning. I also have a big thorough tidy up of the place moreso than I typically would though this was so I could take a video just before I check out to show that the place was left spotless as I got the feeling she might be the type who would ‘Imagine’ something got damaged and try to charge you through the platform for it.
On check out I do just that and take photos before my Uber shows up and I’m off to reunite with the bois. 5 stars all round was what it was won’t be coming back thank you 😁
On to Montevideo!!
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