Comments on: Unstable Host and Airbnb Turned my Vacation into Hell

By: Jon York

Jon York — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 20:21:48 +0000

The scariest thing this guest said was, “We knew she had no legal right to evict us…” Well, first you don’t even understand what eviction means. To evict means to engage in a legal process to remove a tenant from your property. But you didn’t sign a lease giving you any rights to live there, did you? You didn’t stay more than 30 days, did you? If not, then she did in fact have the right to kick you out. Especially after your reservation was cancelled.

You bring two extra people over, how does she know they’re not going to spend the night? Most hosts – and I’m sure she was no exception, say you cannot bring anyone over – for any amount of time – who is not on the reservation. You obviously violated that provision and tried to take advantage of her. And now you’re coming on here like you did nothing wrong and trying to blame her.

I too am glad you’re out of Airbnb.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 23:41:37 +0000

It’s sad that all the comments above are so hostile towards the OP. Victim-shaming, anyone? Awful. Perhaps things could have been handled a bit differently by meeting with the police, I agree, but I also understand that in the heat of the moment and being harassed by a clearly unstable host made you go the other extreme.

I hate Airbnb SO much. They never have a customer’s back, even when they are involved in the mess created by hosts, and they will ALWAYS have the host’s back, never the consumers. Ultimately, consumers are disposable and hosts are their bread-butter with their listings, so you can 100% count on being screwed as a consumer, if it comes down to it.

HATE this business, they’ve screwed my holiday, too.

By: William Johnson

William Johnson — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 20:36:19 +0000

If the 2 extra people were truly “visiting”, the logical thing would have been for them to call it a night and go back where they were staying. Also agree hiding from police seems like an admission of guilt. I think the term you were looking for was not “amateur”, you wanted “apathetic”, as you may find with hotel staff.

By: Alex B

Alex B — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 17:37:40 +0000

You’re out of Airbnb? Good. You seem more unstable than she was. Good riddance.

By: Never again

Never again — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 17:07:21 +0000

This is a prime example of why I stopped renting my vacation home out. The additional people are always “just visiting”. The renter’s response to the owner’s inquiry are more telling than anything. My only hope is that you never rent another vacation home to spare owners of your entitled attitude.

By: Xt

Xt — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 19:08:34 +0000

If what you state is true, why didn’t you go out to the police and calmly explain yourself? By hiding behind closed doors you made things worse.
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By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 15:39:04 +0000

Well, I guess that if you brought 2 extra people to the house whitout her consent she had the right to get them out (them, not you, unless you didn’t agree)