The worst host on Airbnb, to be avoided if you don't want to get ripped off + ruin your holiday
FR : Le pire hôte rencontré sur Airbnb, il enfreint les propres lois d’Airbnb, à FUIR si vous ne voulez pas vous faire arnaquer + gâcher vos vacances.
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We were evicted after 3 days for causing a disturbance at night.
However, no police officer or even neighbour came to ring the bell or leave any information suggesting that we had disturbed the neighbourhood.
A caretaker broke in (she had a spare key) while we were asleep to take the keys to the property. She left immediately after collecting the keys without the slightest explanation, which forced us to leave the premises.
We tried to contact Vincent to find out why. Not wanting to answer the phone, he threatened us with messages saying
- the concierge would have found drugs (slander)
- He would have been fined 800€ which could have led him to lose his so-called 80.000€ rental licence (however, the 800€ fine only happens if the police come to the house several times for night-time disturbance and it is not the owner who pays the fine 🙂 )
- He ordered us to leave the premises within 3 hours (we had to drive 10 hours with 2 hours of sleep, totally unconscious on the part of the owner)
All this information leads us to say that we have come across a scammer who obviously has no shame in ruining people's holidays by firing them illegally.
We noticed, as if by chance, that the flat was put back online just after we were evicted.
Knowing that this was on a weekend on the 15th of August, he must have evicted us thinking he could keep the money from our rental and find new tenants to make more money.
But we can thank Airbnb for helping us to pay back the rental almost in full (except for the tourist tax)
We still have a bitter taste of this stay, we can advise you against taking Vincent's rentals if you don't want to see your holiday fall into ruin.