An Airbnb Thanksgiving Burglary

In regards to this:

>I would like to end the story with some action items like: “Next time, when I rent a place, I will do XXX.” Nothing reasonable comes to my mind.

Something you can do is carry anything with high value density, and hide other valuables out of sight. I tend to carry things I'm attached to with me, especially when in unfamiliar area. An AirBnB is not much different from a hotel room in terms of valuables safety. You don't know who may have access to the place. It's nice that AirBnB replaced your stuff.

Just want to let you know, while your site is loading, it shifts around several times, which gives it a bit of a janky feel. Looks nice otherwise, though.

I don't leave it at the hotel, I don't leave it in the airbnb, and I don't leave it in the car. (Remember, the trunk of the car is one smashed window and four seconds away from being opened with the interior trunk release button.)

Then again, I also don't go rock climbing, so obviously my approach wouldn't work for everyone.

I grew up in a place where anything left anywhere in a car (trunk, passenger compartment, back seat, glove box, whatever), locked or unlocked, was fair game in 60 seconds. People who leave thousands of dollars of valuables in places without physical security other than panes of glass baffle me, but I also recognize that my experiences are unique in much of the developed world.

OP, don't beat yourself up over the unlocked window; even if it had been locked, the sliding glass door in the back was a one second barrier.

Still, I’m scared about the next time I’ll run in troubles with Airbnb.

I find it more and more expensive, and I feel more and more taken advantage of whem they lie anout the pricing (the total amount can easily be thousands of dollars more than what you think when you look at the price/night, while they could show you the real price per night they choose not to)