spain was horrific. we arrived at the address listed exhausted, my friend with a broken arm that needed hospital care.

after an hour looking for this apartment, some locals (around 10 PM at this point) looked at the listing, confirmed the address, rang the bell, called the host on their phones ( in case mine was not working ), etc. said it was a scam.

took my last 20 euro back to the airport where i sat on the bathroom floor.. the only place with plugs.. at the airport. all hotels booked, my friend in incredible pain, us out of money.

the only place available with a free shuttle had one room left, for 250. i was sick from the event in spain and ended up passing out.. adding an extra day on our emergency card.

so this 87 euro airbnb ended up costing my family 540 euro plus.. so i could go to an art event. by the way, they say they are working on it.. i hope so.. but honestly, the timing could not have been worse. now we are out of money.

by the way, the messaging system on airbnb did not work with my phone. i could not send messages and this person was unreachable by phone (even by the locals). the listed address was empty.

it has ruined our summer plans and will never use airbnb again (their loss, my family all uses it and has used it for reunions each year as well as bachelor parties, weddings, renting villas, etc.

ridiculous and caused so so so much grief.