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I can’t believe anyone would stay there at any price, I’d rather spend the night in the airport. I won’t stay anywhere with no bathroom picture and/or less than 5 stars. Maybe if the coconut rum pictured on the dining table was included in the price I’d reconsider.
However…speaking to the point of the OP, I’d really prefer that places like this not be on Airbnb at all. There should be minimum requirements but if people don’t review then how is it going to be policed?
We are usually on the same wavelength, but gotta disagree with you on this one that these sorts of places shouldn’t even be listed. Many happy campers have stayed here per the reviews on the link posted, and they were able to find the accommodation through Airbnb. Concur that it would be helpful for the host to note the curtain dividers between rental rooms.
Aw man, two of my favorite posters have disagreed with me on this. One more and I’m going to have to entertain the idea that I’m…wr…w…wron…ugh!
I would definitely review. A host is not obligated to disclose how many room she/ he is renting or how many people share bathroom. That’s what you find out through reviews.
What surprises me that some guests are so particular about some amenities or if there will be anyone else at the house but they don’t read reviews or don’t ask questions but just book.
Then surprise, there are 2 more rooms at the house and 1 bathroom for 6 people.
If you don’t care that’s fine, don’t read reviews, but If t’s so important that this fact alone can make you to just leave and loose money ( once happened in my house), I can’t understand how they book without reading anything or asking .
I also disagree with this one 
. I do think that this host should correctly disclose what he’s offering, so that people don’t get disappointed. And if the host isn’t honest, at least guests should lend a friendly hand with their reviews.
I also think this listing is more true to the AirBnB concept than commercial hosts with 100 listings. Don’t you think so?
It’s been a day with ups and down today. I only checked out this morning. Perhaps Ill give her a review. I have 13 more days. I’ve been debating in my head all day. 'Honestly the other place I stayed had 5 star reviews and was cute as a button.
I don’t know why I picked this place for one more night. Perhaps I had too much to drink on Bourbon st. and at the time I didn’t care if it was a sofa, because it was close to the airport and I though it was convenient. But no, never, ever. Then I started to debate in my head and that’s why I asked you. Last night I couldn’t sleep at all and I felt listings like this shouldn’t exist on ABB. They are like the slums of the listings. Honestly. But I dont know how to phrase it because the owner is really hard working and the place is very clean. But the conditions are way less than what I would expect in any minimal listing, hence my topic. where do we draw the line?
@yana, I am usually a careful person but I was in - I was about to say Vegas… Nola… close enough. My judgement was most likely impaired because I do read everything. Possibly I sobered up upon arriving at this home and seeing the conditions.
As you’ve worded the statement, yes, of course.
I’d rather not be the same brand as either this listing or the commercial operators. I have no problem with someone listing a couch in the living room. They could provide air beds and bagels just like Chesky did that first night. But take well lighted pictures of the available spaces including bathrooms, properly describe the listing, clean the alcohol bottles off the dining table, etc. We used to have a poster here who offered exactly that: her living room in a small London flat. It was a nice listing, this one is not. And based on what I’ve seen here I’d say the reviews are as good as they are because the unhappy people mostly skip reviewing. I have no way of knowing what percentage of the guests are satisfied.
A ok that explains.
For me noise is one of the BIGGEST hazards but some people can sleep through anything.
I used to be one of those people who could sleep through everything in college, including trains, i used to live next to a railroad station - maybe that’s why my drunk self booked it - but now no, i couldn’t sleep a wink, my fitbit proves it and the planes at 6am bothered me.
I’m torn. I mean these people are poor and probably in a dire need of money. The lady of the house might be sick - coughed in the bathroom for 20 min this morning and she works really hard to keep the place clean and she does uber and lyft. But on the other hand the place is just clean, the listings are really misleading.
@GutHend, I doubt that lady in London had another listing for her kitchen separating the two rooms by a see through curtain. I haven’t anything against sleeping on someone’s sofa in the living room. But in Europe it’s different. probably the lady wasn’t even at home, as opposed to this family who gathered together upstairs (6-8 members) in order to make room for the guests downstairs. And the bathroom situation was dire.
And for all these reasons, just leave a factual review about your experience.
Now I usually agree with you, but I have to correct you on this one. The person in London rented out her bedroom to guests and would sleep in the living room herself. A poster from California, however, rented out part of his living room while keeping his bedroom for himself.
And me too 
If it’s the poster I remember @adrienne12 . She slept in the living room and guests weren’t allowed to use the living space after a certain time in the early evening as she slept there. They slept in her bedroom.
Personally I think hosts should have to disclose if other rooms or spaces in their houses are rented out through Airbnb.
To me, staying in a house with just the host(s) is a completely different experience than staying with both the hosts and other, unknown Airbnb guests.
A potential guest shouldn’t have to glean this info from reviews.
I also think hosts should be able to offer any kind space they choose, even a Harry Potter closet under the stairs or hammock in the back yard.
As long as the listing is very clear, then it’s up to guests to decide if they want to stay there.
I really think that for $25 per night, in New Orleans, when the listing clearly says ‘crash pad’ and ‘the living room is yours, everything else is shared’ AND that it’s near the airport, any guest would have the gumption to at least take earplugs.
Remember too that last week was Mardi Gras week. New Orleans doesn’t double its population during Mardi Gras, the population triples. People book hotels a year in advance. Many visitors stay on afterwards either because the next couple of days are pretty manic for travel as people are getting flights home in their thousands, or to enjoy New Orleans once things have quietened down a bit. Truly, anyone finding accommodation in NO at this time of year has a hard time. (I said above that I’ve stayed in some really strange places with very odd sleeping arrangements during Mardi Gras).
The reviews tend to speak highly of the friendly host who kept the place really clean and also drives people around and gives excellent recommendations. One guest even remarked that she had ‘found a new family’.
So it seems clear from the listing that this is a very cheap but clean and safe place for guests who are looking for social interaction with their host. I realise that’s not what the OP was looking for though.
Thank you for that! Yes, I believe you are correct and/or I’ve confused her with another person and yes the CA member did rent out a bed behind a divider. And a current Brooklyn poster rents out the summer sleeping porch. People go in and out past the curtained or partioned area and another room is rented and the family lives there. So it’s probably the most like the place under discussion. And I think her place is just fine.
@jaquo, I was looking for a place to be able to sleep. To take a shower and read a little. I was so tired after so much walking around… Her listing is deceiving. I would have never booked it if I knew the conditions. The night I needed it was after mardi grass. Sun night. the 10th. mardi grass was 5 days before. most of the people left by then. As I said i slept better in airports.
All the food photos in the listing crack me up.