1 word, BEDBUGS. Bedbugs the size of the end of my index finger. We get to the apartment in the middle of a heatwave and it was mostly uninhabitable due to the heat. The third floor was completely uninhabitable for the first 2 days until thebowner put some portable units there. My wife and I decided to move into thebupstairs bedroom at that point to give our children more space. I laid in the main bedroom bed for no more than 10 minutes, when I felt something strange on the back of my neck. I reached back and grabbed a bug big enough to squish between my thumb and forefinger. I leapt out of the bed and looked down at the pillow and there were multiple bedbugs on the pillow, I pulled the covers back and they were everywhere. It was traumatizing and unbelievable!
Beyond that, we had to move locations immediately the following day, because this discovery happened at 3 AM. We have 5 children. We had to move twice. I'm still fighting with vrbo to get the money back that I had to spend up front because of this move. And the owner, with FULL knowledge of my family situation and proof provided of the bedbugs REFUSED a refund.
I am insensed and enraged by this entire situation. Our big family vacation was absolutely RUINED because of this. VRBO has done not even the bare minimum and the owner of this location has obviously shown Zero empathy. DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE. Those bedbugs must have been there for a long time to be that big.