Verne Dreams

Luxurious, spacious and immaculately detailed suite (my wife and I stayed in the Shanghai suite) The massive shower room, hot tub outside (not to mention the standalone bath we didn't use) all added to a wonderful stay. But best of all was the bed! I've not had sleep like it in years, was like sleeping on a cloud. After lots of walking around Ghent it was the perfect way to recharge our batteries.

Great experience (Shanghai room)! The host was very friendly and made us feel right at home. The room was beautiful, lots of space and both the bath and shower were amazing. We visited during some of the hottest days of Gent, but the outside terrace gave us a great place to cool down and just relax. We enjoyed our stay very much. Proximity to the city is also a big plus.

My husband and I stayed in the Berlin room for 3 nights for our honeymoon. We didn’t get to the Airbnb (it is NOT a bed and breakfast) until 11 pm due to flight delays. The owner told us there would be a lock box to get the keys and gave us a key code. Well turns out there is NO WAY to get to the lock box from the street. So we were stranded outside at 11pm after traveling 16 hours. The owner didn’t pick up his phone when we tried calling. The only reason we got into the building was pure luck as another couple who was staying there showed up at the same time. So already we started here with a bad experience. The rest of our stay was just okay. The room was nice, but no air conditioning and the building faces the street which can be loud. Our shower drain was clogged, which the owner fixed the next day. The location of the place is very good. There were no instructions on check in or check out, no written down rules for staying, and overall the feeling was just generally unprofessional. Our last night here was probably the worst experience of our honeymoon. At around 3am I heard drunk men in the building and banging on our room door. I ignored it and hoped they would go away. At 4am drunk men came back and continued to bang on our door. I woke my husband up. Apparently someone in the building didn’t lock the front door of the building. I was very scared. The drunk men came off the street and tried to open our personal door to our room. Thank god I locked it. They were saying things like “you know it’s dangerous to leave your front door open”. I tried calling the owner numerous times while this was happening. Sure enough AGAIN the owner didn’t pick up his phone. He actually left it in the office downstairs which I know because we heard it ringing. My husband told the men to leave and we were not leaving the room. The men left around 430am. AND THEN from 430-6am loud party music was coming from downstairs. we called the owner AGAIN and then realized the music was coming from his phone because the music would stop when we called. So on top of actually being scared for my safety, we stayed up the rest of the night having to listen party club music blasting from the first floor. The owner came over and apologized in the morning, of course not addressing the fact that his clients have no way of reaching him when an emergency happens. He did not address the severe safety breach. And then came up with a ridiculous excuse for the music turning on. He then had the audacity to try and say when we come back we would get a free night at the other Airbnb he owns called Shelter7. No sir I would never in a millions years stay at a place you own. This was the most unprofessional and ridiculous experience I have ever had on a vacation.