I booked Joshua on airbnb and it went smoothly the day of reservation. The night of my stay, I did not have any problems. However, on the same evening, I told him that I needed to book for next week, and I would probably do it through airbnb. He said that I could reserve it directly with him to "save some money", which he charged 55 dollars. I explained him in person that I needed the same dates (monday to tuesday) of next week. I payed him through venmo in which I completely trusted on him. The day before my next reservation, I messaged in the morning which he did not reply. I called and left a voice message and he did not reply. I texted on the afternoon and he did not reply until later, in which he said that he had a confusion and he booked the room for someone else. He said that the night before my reservation. The best advise is that if you are booking on his place, make sure is through airbnb. If he offers to book it separately to "save money", do not accept and make sure there is a written reservation with airbnb.