Everything that glitters ain’t gold.
My friends and I traveled to New Orleans from Virginia to celebrate one of my friends birthday and hair show. We were super excited as we had locked in our accommodations a few weeks in advance. Upon arriving to our Airbnb, the owner explained that I only booked for 1 person and it was 6 of us. We asked him nearly 4 times would this be a problem. He shared “Its typically only 4 guests, but this will not be a problem, as long as you all are comfortable.” We all agreed and said we would be willing to stay. Mind you we have 1 queen and 2 full sized beds so we all could fit comfortable two to a bed. The owner confirmed that it was all okay.
To our dismay, we woke up after our first night stay to find an email from Airbnb. The email stated that 2 of our guests would have to leave. This was completely shocking to read especially when the owner shared that we would be perfectly fine staying in the home as long as we were comfortable. About an hour later, we received a call from Airbnb saying that all of us had to leave immediately. At this point, our frustration quickly turned into anger and additional confusion.
Three of us went over to the owners house as he stayed next door to ask why were being required to leave. He shared that he was doing us a favor last night by letting us stay and asked, “would you rather have us kicked you out last night?” We said, “yeah and that way we would not be in the predicament we are in now.” His wife began to yell in the background suggesting they were doing the “kinder” thing. We mentioned that we would rather him be honest last night because now we are scrambling to find a last minute place to say. They showed absolutely no compassion or care in the world. The owner even stated “that’s not our problem.”
We have booked several Airbnb’s over the years and we have NEVER had an experience such as this one. Not sure if it was our age, race, etc that caused these hosts to treat us in this way but we highly recommend you not staying here. I was taught honesty is the best policy. We honestly made a mistake when booking, BUT multiple times, he told us it was okay. I will never book with this family again! NEVER! And I highly recommend you reconsider booking with them as well. So disappointed smh