WORST experience ever!!!
RUN RUN RUN while you can!!! Airbnb has the calling records and all the messages the host sent to me!
1. The host is VERY VERY RUDE!
2. The host treats Asian Female differently, accusing me of things I didn’t do, and tried to charge me extra $50. So is he a RACIST or a SEXIST, or both?!
3. The host spys on you all day and ALL NIGHT! The host and his family live on the 1st floor, and sometimes they stay on the 2nd floor living room, and the guest rooms are on the 2nd floor.
4. The room is cold, especially in the morning when you wake up.
5. The area is very foggy, so be careful, if you’re driving.
First, the host will send you a long email with all the rules he has. And if you don’t read the whole email, he will say you are LAZY, like what he replied to another bad review. I just moved from east coast with all my belongings in my car. So the title of this listing “Easy Free Parking” was what attracted me. But the first day when I arrived, the street was fully parked, so I had to park my car on another street. It’s fine, not that far. But on the 3rd day, I came back early, and I saw the driveway was empty, so I parked there. At around 9 pm, one host came upstairs and asked me to move my car, told me I can’t park on the driveway. Ok, I didn’t know that. So I got dressed and went downstairs to move my car(within 5 min after she asked). But the second the listed host saw me, he started to yell at me, and I didn’t even have a chance to say anything. He kept yelling. And I got so scared. Just imagine an Asian girl was yelled at by a guy that was bigger than her at night on the street, with the host’s other two family members stood behind her! Can you imagine?! So I raised my voice trying to explain to him that I didn’t know and didn’t notice this rule in the email. And now I am here to move my car, what else do you want me to do?! I got so scared and called Airbnb customer service, and the case manager said it won’t be safe for me to leave as well because it was too late, and they would find another place for me on the next day morning. But the next day, I tried to contact Airbnb, but no one replied. At this time, there was only one night left, so I chose to stay, which was a BIG MISTAKE!
Because I had a lunch meetup with my friend the very next day, so I left the house at about 12pm. At around 1pm, without any explanation, he requested a $50 charge on me. Then he sent me a message saying I made a mess in the kitchen and I was not allowed to use the kitchen!! I was shocked, because the pictures he sent me was bread crumbs and scrambled egg in the sink, but I had beef and a hard boiled egg that morning. So I explained that wasn’t me. But he didn’t give up, he kept messaging me and said it was me, but he couldn’t provide any evidence. And he threatened to throw me out of his house. There were 4 other guests who used the kitchen before me that morning, all of them are white. And I even had a conversation with the guy who had scrambled egg that morning, saying his breakfast smells so good, and he replied “Just eggs..” But the host accused me was the one who made a mess in the kitchen, and requested a charge before even asked me. Why did he treat me differently? Just because I’m Asian, or because I’m female, or both?! I got really offended and scared. My lunch was ruined, and my friend had to take a half day off to come back to the house with me, because obviously it won’t be safe for me to come back alone. We drove back without even finishing the lunch. Collected my belongings and left. Fortunately, the listed host who yelled at me and harassed me wasn’t there. God knows what he will do.
Since he couldn’t provide evidence, he said he will cancel the charge, bit he didn’t apologize! Instead, he changed the subject, started to accusing me left the light in my room on all day and all night. First, are you spying on me all day and ALL NIGHT?! This is TOO CREEPY!! Second, as an Airbnb guest, I don’t have the freedom to close the curtain and turn on the light in my room? Again, there were other guests in the house! Why the host accused me the one who left the light on in the hallway? Just because I’m an Asian female?! And I PAID. I’m not a prisoner! I don’t live there for free. I PAID! And I did turn off the light before I went to bed.
In the message, the host also warned me “don’t feel so powerful “. Excuse me? I don’t know what the host learned from his education, but my education from both China and the US taught me that as a female, I should be brave, be strong and be powerful. Especially when we are mistreated!