Who’s been sleeping in my bed: Another Airbnb shocker From CBS Chicago, September 4, 2015 Editor’s Note: airbnb initially refused to take down a listing posted by his former roommate without his approval. After the report on CBS News, airbnb finally agreed.
Continue reading →New Airbnb scam dupes several Telegraph readers From the Telegraph, August 22, 2015 Airbnb recently introduced ‘anonymised’ email addresses for all guest communications with hosts but this has not stopped the fraudsters. Instead it appears that they are going on phishing expeditions – and this may be what has happened in Mr Crombie’s case. The […]
Continue reading →Airbnb Horror Story Points to Need for Precautions From the New York Times, August 14, 2015 Early in the evening of July 4, Micaela Giles’s mobile phone started sounding alerts, and a series of messages straight out of a horror movie began scrolling down her screen. Her 19-year-old son told her that his Airbnb host […]
Continue reading →Video: San Francisco Airbnb-er Breaks Into Locked Room, Steals $35,000 Of Host’s Stuff [Updated] From SFist, August 3, 2015 When an Outer Sunset woman decided to rent her home out via Airbnb, she was likely hoping to make an extra couple hundred bucks. Instead, over $35,000 of her possessions were stolen, and the suspect is […]
Continue reading →I-Team: New Bill Would Regulate Airbnb, Short Term Rentals In Mass. From WBZ TV News, July 29, 2015 Hoffman shared his woes on www.ripoffreport.com. Hundreds of other upset travelers have reached out to the Better Business Bureau. Some called Airbnb a “scam with false prices and dangerous houses.” Others complained of poor customer service. Hoffman […]
Continue reading →What the Airbnb experience is really like From Fox News, July 9, 2015 My firsthand experience has been good, fair and terrible. I’ve used the service in West Hollywood and New York City, booking a total of four complete stays. Many people say they’ve had perfectly pleasant experiences, but – as someone in the travel […]
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Continue reading →‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Airbnb renters leave Calgary home trashed From CTV New, April 29, 2015 Police say that they have never encountered “anything” like the destruction found in a Calgary home after it was rented out to tenants using Airbnb over the weekend. Const. Attila Horvath said at a news conference Wednesday […]
Continue reading →PHOTOS: A Man Claims His Airbnb Guests’ Drug-Fuelled Fights Cost Him $12,000 From the Business Insider, January 19, 2015 David Cook emailed Business Insider about the situation, hoping his story will be a cautionary tale for other would-be renters. He says damage to his property near Lake Arrowhead in southern California resulted in losses of […]
Continue reading →AirBnB Flat Owner Jailed For Raping US Tourists From Sky, December 19, 2014 The 34-year-old assaulted the two American women after they booked online to stay at his apartment in Barcelona.
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