{"id":12065,"date":"2023-11-01T07:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T06:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/01\/my-airbnb-host-threw-me-out-on-the-street-at-midnight\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T07:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T06:37:28","slug":"my-airbnb-host-threw-me-out-on-the-street-at-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/01\/my-airbnb-host-threw-me-out-on-the-street-at-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"My Airbnb host threw me out on the street at midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"

My possessions were dumped outside and there was no way I could get help<\/p>\n

On the last night of my stay in a Washington DC Airbnb, I returned late to find all my possessions \u2013 including my passport \u2013 dumped in the street outside the apartment in carrier bags. Eerily, the apartment had been cleaned. The host arrived and told me I had to leave since someone else had booked that night. By then it was midnight. I showed my booking confirmation stating checkout was 11am the following morning, and she looked sheepish. No guest materialised, since the host had clearly muddled her dates, and I was allowed to stay the night. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I tried to contact Airbnb and discovered that, in an emergency, you are given just three options: phone the police, contact your host, or ask your host for a partial refund. There is no phone number to call \u2013 instead, you can only request a callback. It didn\u2019t call me until 3am (when, mercifully, I had made it to bed). It had been told by the host I had \u201crefused\u201d to check out. I had to remind Airbnb of my booking dates. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nMy possessions were dumped outside and there was no way I could get help
\nOn the last night of my stay in a Washington DC Airbnb, I returned late to find all my possessions \u2013 including my passport \u2013 dumped in the street outside the apartment in carrier bags. Eerily, the apartment had been cleaned. The host arrived and told me I had to leave since someone else had booked that night. By then it was midnight. I showed my booking confirmation stating checkout was 11am the following morning, and she looked sheepish. No guest materialised, since the host had clearly muddled her dates, and I was allowed to stay the night.
\nI tried to contact Airbnb and discovered that, in an emergency, you are given just three options: phone the police, contact your host, or ask your host for a partial refund. There is no phone number to call \u2013 instead, you can only request a callback. It didn\u2019t call me until 3am (when, mercifully, I had made it to bed). It had been told by the host I had \u201crefused\u201d to check out. I had to remind Airbnb of my booking dates. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My possessions were dumped outside and there was no way I could get help On the last night of my stay in a Washington DC Airbnb, I returned late to find all my possessions \u2013 including my passport \u2013 dumped in the street outside the apartment in carrier bags. Eerily, the apartment had been cleaned. …<\/p>\n

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