Got to Raul’s Airbnb late at night and was instructed to press 2B for 5 seconds until the door to the apt complex opened; the door never opened..
I contacted Raul and did not hear back for an hour and a half. Once I got into the apartment complex, I was instructed to retrieve the key from the lockbox; there was no key in the lockbox.
Raul then proceeded to say I had the following options:
1) Wait 2 more hours until the cleaning lady comes with the keys (mind you it was already almost midnight)
2) go to a different listing 15 minutes away for the night and wake up at 8:30am the next day to go back to the first listing
I told Raul that I was willing to stay at his other listing, but did not have the time to move back in the morning because I already made plans in Madrid.
He then threateningly responded “I will cancel you and You will have NO place to stay”. (It was already midnight by this time)
People make mistakes, and I always try to be understanding. However, Raul was never apologetic and tried to make it sound like he was doing me a “favor” by calling the cleaning lady or making me go to a different
listing.
If you don’t want to waste your day trying to get into the Airbnb you paid for:
Stay Away from Raul at ALL costs