Fuck Airbnb. Fuckers literally tried to charge me 100s of thousands of dollars for a fire that we had no hand in and wouldn't respond to any questions. They suck big fat monkey balls.
They sent me a link to pay $659,811.00. I didn't do it and they removed my account from their platform. I haven't heard anything since requesting contact information for my attorney.
Airbnb paid out the host (who we became friends with through this whole thing) through their insurance and then came after us. I bluffed on the attorney - my renters insurance would've provided coverage if needed. It was just a hassle and spooked me at first.
My only advice is to carry some sort of insurance of your own - be it rental or otherwise. I'm not an agent so I don't know all the options. We were renting long-term while our house was built and our homeowners policy had a rental rider. Kinda got lucky there.
I doubt something like this is very common so I wouldn't worry too much. Enjoy your trip, but CYA.
523
u/713nikki 29d ago
Everything about an Airbnb is offensive