The morning of my trip I was told that there was a leak and they tried to move me to an unlisted location. It’s possible that it was terrible timing and Sarah was just trying to accommodate me, so forgive me if I misread the situation.
However, Sarah claimed that they only found out last minute because it rained the night before, but my relatives in San Diego said it had not rained. Maybe it only rained in old town? Enough to reveal a new leak but not rain elsewhere? And she already had roofers coming?
Sarah sent me pictures of the new unlisted place over DMs. Weirdly, she then changed pictures of this listing to be these pictures of the new place. Meanwhile she has another listing that had pictures of what this listing used to have. Some weird bait and switch was going on.
It threw my entire day into disarray, and I had to spend hours working with airbnb support to resolve the issue. Sarah was responsive in messages, which was appreciated, just watch out for suspicious alterations.