To ask if I’m being overly picky, or if you’d mention these things in an Airbnb review?

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I’m currently staying in an Airbnb, solo, and thinking about the review I’ll write.

There are two main sticking points for me:

1. The listing did not mention, anywhere, that key pick up for the flat is located about half a mile down the road. I didn’t get check in instructions until the day of check in. I had to drag my bags to the flat, at 1 in the morning. It’s just an annoyance that to be honest, I would have avoided if I’d known about it.
2. The courtyard is really not as described. It was pictured to look huge, with a sea view and sun all day. In reality you can’t see the sea unless you’re in the flat, and the sun is gone by about 8:30 in the morning.

AIBU to mention these? It was an expensive apartment so I think I’m being slightly more critical than I’d usually be

Notion down the list…. All mine are chronological

But you think they just do it by the positive reviews first?

Of course they are skewed positive. That's how manipulative algorithms work.

I guess I interrogate the reviews so carefully before I ever book that I have never (17 times and counting!) had a bad experience

It's not down to Airbnb, it's the host who's supposed to provide check in information and descriptions.

Definitely mention both, in a factual way.

I would mention courtyard as that would be something I would have chosen the property for.