We visited for one night in December as a stop to Trinidad. Olga and Pepe were friendly hosts and were very welcoming. She told us about the best places to go around the area and recommended a few restaurants. The casa is very central and can walk to key places within 10 mins. We were a group of 8 and had three rooms. She allowed us to be ourselves in the evenings and made us feel comfortable. We had breakfast at the casa - lovely and ample amounts of food! Highly recommended

We visited Trinidad in December, and we're spending three nights over Christmas at Herman's home. We were a group of 8 and had booked four rooms in his home. Having booked this casa over 7 months in advance, I was informed that due to double booking with his family, our group was to split up with another casa around the corner. We were told we would be offered a free bottle of wine in compensation however we were more concerned that we be would split up on Christmas Day. We decided to continue to stay at Herman's casa because it was too late to book another casa. Positives: He was very good at keeping in touch over the months about our arrival and we had built up good rapport. The location of the casa was perfect, easily walkable to the key areas and restaurants. When we arrived, we ended up having 3 rooms in his home and 1 in another one around the corner. He explained to us the excursions that we could go on and what was around the area. Yolanda (his wife) and the staff in the home were absolutely lovely and caring. Very friendly with all of us and charming. Negatives: We had a light breakfast included, however, not entirely sure if it can be classified as breakfast (stale bread, tea/coffee and milk with lumps...) When we asked for a new towel, we were met with a 'No' and got told that this was not a hotel. Herman demanded us to pay the full balance randomly. We did not have all the money with us as we were expecting to convert some at the local hotel. He was not pleased, despite having paid a deposit. At the end, we decided to pay it in small amounts as we didn't know what else to do. This made us uncomfortable and it led to Herman and my partner having a discussion on what the right way should have been to deal with this. This is not something we liked to deal with, and should have been clarified earlier via emails. (Also added to TripAdvisor)