My husband and I love to travel and have always stayed at short term rentals when we vacationed, so we know what to consider in making our guests feel comfortable. Our goal when traveling was to "live like a local"--shop at the local markets, walk to nearby cafes, restaurants, catch a local live show, and enjoy the nature at each destination we visited.
When we built our dream home, we immediately knew we had to allocate a space that would become a future Beach escape for others to enjoy. We find ourselves enjoying every minute of hosting & one of our favorite aspects of being a host is the ability to meet colorful people from all corners of the world, helping them get acquainted with our community. It's because of our past travels through AIRBNB that piqued our love for hosting and sharing the local living of West Seattle & Alki-- we can't wait to welcome you to our little Beach oasis!
In February of 2016, we took a year off work to travel the world, using Paris as our home base and hub to venture off to other parts of Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. We returned home to Alki in February of 2017, and welcomed our daughter that same year. Our second daughter joined our hosting home in 2020, just before the pandemic happened! So we're now on another adventure- hoping between home here in West Seattle and other parts of the world (as Covid will allow). You may occasionally hear pitter patter of toddler feet upstairs but it's rare for our kids to be on the floor above the studio unit. All our guests' say the studio unit is very quiet and never hear our kids..but we still want to throw that out there just in case...cause, well...kids are kids :)
We will be available to you in any manner you please, so just let us know! I like to give our guests the privacy they deserve, but again love meeting our guests...and would love to meet you if your schedule allows a quick drop in from me, Marian!