PIRATES OF THE AEGEAN.
A CAUTIONARY TALE OF HOLIDAYS RUINED.
If you book this property you will run the risk of ruining your holiday as we did.
Host cancelled our Airbnb booking on the day of our arrival and booked us into a budget travel Hotel, so he could sell our booked days to cash customers in the Harbor.
Listing advertised a 2 day stay which was confirmed a month in advance.
Host didn't even cancel our booking, but just booked us into a budget travel hotel without our consent.
Host contacted us on day of reservation and told us the boat was unavailable for stay as there was a "pump malfunction", Thinking this was outrageous I went to the Harbor to find the Boat and asked boat representative at the harbor (THE hosts Father) if the boat was available for hire that day and was it in good condition and he was adamant boat was perfect and available for daily hire for £600 per day! ((X6 what we paid on airbnb but only for cash! (nothing says tax evasion like cash only payments))
When i told him my name and showed booking reference through airbnb, they became aggressive in front of my wife and young family.
Georgios the Host reserved the budget hotel 3 days before our arrival, so he defiantly knew we would be cancelled but never bothered to return our calls or email through airbnb before date of booking.
Host was hard to contact, the number supplied to airbnb was disconnected, and host refused to answer email inquiries to confirm location and name of boat online. We never had a chance to check in on our boat as we were directed to a replacement low quality hotel without our consent, host was unavailable to offer refund as uncontactable so chance of picking own accommodation also denied.
Host contact phone number was disconnected, so I tried to contact via the message section on airbnb, The host eventually replied on a private phone number so we could not call him directly. Host finally paid for alternative accommodation 10 hours after we checked into his choice of hotel leaving us terrified we would be charged through airbnb and directly with budget hotel. Host only gained momentum after i challenged boat representatives at the harbor to clarify our situation. Host offered to let my family eat $5 souvlaki on the boat we had hired instead of an apology, talk about showing my young children what they could and should have had but were denied by the greed of the Host.
If there is any justice airbnb should suspend his account as its only used as a safety net to cover dates.
Disgraceful.