I booked to stay for a few days. But unfortunately had to leave after a few hours when I got into a huge argument with the host’s mother.
It started when I got to the listing and needed to use the bathroom (listing said the room came with a private bathroom) and I noticed the bathroom was actually across the hall from the room and not connected together. Not a big deal, but when I went to use it, the bathroom had a bunch of stuff in it as if other people were using it which got me a little suspicious that I might of been lied to about the private bathroom.
However when I went to use the toilet I found unflushed urine. I messaged the host and asked for confirmation if I had my own private bathroom or was it shared? Because of the urine in the toilet. He apologized and said it was indeed private and he would speak to the other people in the home about it to make sure it wouldn’t happen again.
I was gonna let the situation go since my stay was only for a few days, until his mother a few hours later woke me up from my nap by banging on my bedroom door. She was extremely hostile and aggressive demanding why I’m posting publicly about my issues with the bathroom, saying I’m Costing her and the listing money, that I’m not allowed to post anything negative. I tried to tell her to calm down and explain that the messages were private between me and her son (not on a public post). She kept yelling at me and Calling me a liar swearing she cleaned the bathroom and that I made the urine thing up (which is ridiculous). Later on tried to say it was bleach (bleach is not bright yellow). I don’t appreciate been disrespected, and yelled at for having a private conversation through the air bnb messages with her son about the bathroom situation. That woman made me feel so uncomfortable and unsafe I grabbed my things and left shortly after.
The host apologized for his mother’s actions which I appreciated ( I never got to meet him since he was at work). But this experience was so traumatic for me I decided to share it on a public post with other potential travelers.