I stayed at this very nice home during Memorial Day Weekend, with 2 others. Upon arriving, I had trouble with the lock box, which after 10/15 mins, I called/texted/emailed the host and nothing. Finally a friend arrived, and he climbed the gate and we were able to enter. In her communication, nor mine, was there verbiage about late arrivals- it should've been, from her and me, but I did not know I'd be arriving late. The host's brother texted, not called, me about 3 hours later inquiring if I got in or not.

The day of check out, about 8 am, the neighbor came out and saw me loading my things into my truck. As I was leaving, he snapped pics of my tags and then of me. About 35 minutes later, the cops surrounded my car with guns drawn. Supposedly the neighbor reported a break in/theft- he only saw me putting juice/soda/groceries into my car. I was handcuffed and embarrassed in front of my mom. After speaking with the host, she told me the neighbor saw a black man ( adjective refers to racism) in the backyard and the police told her that I told them " it was a mix up, as I went into the wrong house" - NOT ON THE DAY OF CHECK OUT OR AFTER 2 DAYS OF STAYING THERE.

After a day of going back and forth about what happened and her telling me " assuming my neighbor is correct, can you tell me more" ( that told me she believed him ) she then tells me about the " damage" to her place and how " confused " she was that I washed the linens after using them. If I was the owner/host, I'd speak about " damages" first, as I was the one to approve your stay and knew that you were black and would be there.

If you are black or a minority of some sort, this area MAY NOT be for you......

The house is NICE, the set up is NICE, the deck is beautiful as the sun rises, and a nice place for brunch or a candle light dinner.

When I walked in, I wanted to be a repeat renter, until the experience left a bad taste in my mouth, especially since it was my first time using AirBnB.