@Pat271 :
I would be unhappy about not having a flat sheet but I wouldn’t complain. I’d probably just buy one.
The lack of even one really sharp chef’s knife is common but understandable. People abuse them and apparently some people don’t notice because they have never used a sharp knife.
We always take a small kit of essential kitchen tools with us when we travel.
My brother and I rented a veritable mansion in Boca Chica, Panama that was infested with vampire bats. We could deal with that (just don’t leave your toes sticking out at night) but we thought the owner might be interested in finding out how they were getting in.
He wasn’t.
I checked the emergency diesel generator (because I’m a suspicious engineer) and found that the battery was dead, there was no oil in it, and the fuel tank was empty.
The whole house was moldy and smelly. So my brother called and POLITELY asked if he knew the house was not being maintained.
He immediately got huffy. What the HECK did we expect him to do about it? He was in Florida and it’s impossible to get anyone to do anything in Panama and there were a bunch of Russian guys in there just six months ago and they didn’t have any complaints, they loved it…
When he calmed down he helpfully suggested that we drive an hour into town and buy a car battery, motor oil and 20 gallons of diesel because we would certainly be needing the generator. (Electric service in remote areas is unreliable. We knew that.)
No mention of reimbursement which rather peeved me. I didn’t go there to pay this guy $400 a day for the privilege of servicing his diesel generator.
We agreed toward the end of a bottle of Ron Abuelo that we would clean the place up and try to get the generator working, whatever, we paid for a week and we were actually considering buying something there so we wanted the experience.
The next morning we all woke up sick. I guess it was the mold. My ears and sinuses were completely stopped up and I was nearly deaf.
We all sat morosely around the breakfast table until my sister-in-law said, “Do we really have to spend another six nights here?”
The rest of us said “NO!” and we were out of there before noon.
We did NOT ask for a refund, but I claimed the privilege of writing the review which I also posted on Google because the owner did not respond.
That house is no longer listed on Airbnb.
I got sidetracked, but my point was going to be: If you rent in the tropics do not freak about things like:
Vampire bats
Large bloodsucking insects
Mold, mildew and slime
Coral snakes
Crabs that sneak into the kitchen at night and eat the crumbs
Chameleons who live inside
Huge smelly toads
Unreliable public services
Minor leaks in the roof
That’s just the way it is.