The property was as described. The transaction was not. I booked and paid for the stay on Hotels.com months before arrival day. On arrival day (while flying around the country) before obtaining the code for entry, I was sent several emails about multiple, additional cc payments for security deposits and separate cleaning fees, and I was forced to submit photos. (I stay in short term rentals more than 100 nights a year all around the world, and I have never been required to email anyone my photo.) To make the scrutiny worse, only half of the host's payment links worked so it took 11 emails, 2 phone calls, 3 cc transactions and 2 photo IDs to fulfill the host's prerequisites (all while in transit). I felt more like a trial defendant than the guest. The host seemed like a nice guy but this level of scrutiny and payments certainly didn't make me feel like a guest. There are other options.
