By the River & Downtown, Beautiful, Comfortable, Kids Welcome STL # 02559535

Was clean and inviting. Just down the street from all the good stuff.

We enjoyed the location, and walked to town for dinner and checked out the MTB trails just across the river. The place is clean and comfortable.

I would have given this place five stars: it’s close to downtown and a very short walk from the finish line of the Run Through Time marathon (which I was there to do). But, shortly after we got home the host messaged me that we had a dog with us (we didn’t) and that their cleaner said “there was pet hair everywhere.” First of all, we did NOT have a dog, and second of all, we left the place exactly as we found it.Furthermore, the host asked me for an additional 50 because “the cleaner didn’t expect to be there that long cleaning” and wanted to collect this money OFF OF THE VRBO PLATFORM. The host’s message didn’t even include the name “Venmo” or “Zelle” in the message for fear VRBO would flag it. (Rather, they used “**********” so their message wouldn’t be flagged. I reported the false claim AND their wanting to collect money off VRBO immediately. Don’t fall victim to a sketchy host or scam. Too bad. Could have been a great place.

Location, home like environment, host accommodation to my problems with arrival

Cozy, close to downtown, had everything we needed!