Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
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Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#2The host's 'dating site style' profile image is a red flag from the outset, stock image or not.
The only practical tip I can offer regards airbnb is to rent places that are also featured on other well known sites, since this does reduce the risk a little.
Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#3> The toilet was in a constant state of flowing.
Just press the flush a few times or whack the water tank. Common problem with tanks in european households. If there is no water to flush, just fill a bucket, washbowl or pot with water and flush that way. Honestly, I stopped reading after this, seems like whining from someone without skills to deal with adulthood. Hey, maybe a lightbulb also burned out.
Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#4The host's 'dating site style' profile image is a red flag from the outset, stock image or not. The only practical tip I can offer regards airbnb is to rent places that are also featured on other well known sites, since this does reduce the risk a little.
That's your issue with the whole story, the host did not analyze the profile picture for "red flags"?
From this and the many other stories about AirBnB and its "support", best advice seems to be to immediately close your account, request your data to be deleted and never use any of its "services" again.
Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#5Funny, I saw the writer's picture first thing and thought hmm that looks pretty fake then later it turns out it is cropped from that same stock photo as "Peter"
Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#6I'm surprised that the medium account posting this has a profile picture cropped from the exact same stock photo that the supposed villain cropped his profile picture from.
Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#7Why would the author set their Medium profile pic to a crop of the same picture the fake host used? I’m so confused
Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#8> The toilet was in a constant state of flowing. Just press the flush a few times or whack the water tank. Common problem with tanks in european households. If there is no water to flush, just fill a bucket, washbowl or pot with water and flush that way. Honestly, I stopped reading after this, seems like whining from someone without skills to deal with adulthood. Hey, maybe a lightbulb also burned out.
It's pretty common to encounter a toilet where that part which closes the water flow is broken. No amount of whacking is going to help.
Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#9The glory days of Airbnb are over. It's been flooded with dodgy hosts, and the customer support has failed to keep up. Hotels have improved their service and the prices aren't that different any more.
If I'm after a more self contained holiday rental type of experience, I tend to look for places that have their own websites and independent reviews. They are, admittedly, a bit more expensive than what you'd find on Airbnb, but I find that if they've put the effort into building a website and social media, then they tend to be a decent quality.
Re: Illegal host, electric shocks, slugs, leaks and no support – How Airbnb failed
#10Pretty par for the course with airbnb support. Twice now I've had reservations cancelled hours before arrival with airbnb absolutely useless at finding an alternative. One time I was able to get some meagre compensation (the difference in price, even though it was inferior accomodation), the other time - nada, nothing.
I'm back to hotels again, with airbnb as a very last resort