The host checked in multiple times to ask if there was anything they could do to earn excellent ratings. We chose this Vrbo mostly due to its ratings and that it was dog-friendly. However, we would like to inform folks of things not in the control of the host (that we wish we would've known prior to booking): 1) This unit is literally on Highway 101 (so you hear traffic at all times), the parking is on one side of the room (so you hear people and their vehicles, car doors, etc. at all times of day/night), and it's located directly next to a liquor store with high traffic volume. 2) The walls are cement/brick, and you can hear most everything in the unit next to you. 3) Part of the bathroom door casing had green stuff growing on it. Again, none of this would have been "fixable" by the host during our stay, but we were unaware of these characteristics, and likely wouldn't have booked if we had been. I love staying in Rockaway, but my partner was asking to leave even before the first night. {sad face} At 700 for two nights, it was tough to walk away from.