a one of a kind airbnb story :
i rented this cute thing for the night, so we could have “vacation” before school starts. it’s just a mile south of us, readily available and inexpensive. Me, the husband, 3 & 5 year old pack for one fun night away.
so that afternoon, we get to the airstream trailer and the power was out. there was a storm, so it wasn’t a huge surprise.
Mike, the husband, went to flip the breaker switches, and it came on, but soon the AC unit caught sparks and fire, and there was smoke everywhere.
he starts yelling for us to get out.
i’m pushing the kids out, but touch the wall of the airstream and get shocked. a zap goes through my left hand, through my arm and shoulder, and I feel it in my chest. I have a pacemaker, and I can feel it turn off. my heart starts fluttering.
The three year old touches the doorknob and looks at me, like wide eyed, and I could tell her hand was stuck from being shocked. I ripped her hand away and we got down the three steps.
the plastic AC unit on the top of the airstream is burning, there’s smoke everywhere, it’s storming, and lightning and the kids are just emotional puddles, I have an irregular heartbeat, my husband is like WTF, and i’m just trying not to laugh at what is happening.
I quickly run next door and knock on the door. no answer. I look up Leyla’s phone number and she answers instantly.
I describe the situation and keep apologizing, and tell her the trailer is okay, fire is out, electricity is off, and everything is okay. i’m 100% I sound like a crazy person.
Leyla was so kind and apologetic. of course, this was some freak accident, and she kept asking if we were okay. I hated for her trailer to be damaged, and just kept stuttering through my words that I was sorry (like I caused the explosion or something lol), so our conversation was just us apologizing to each other haha
Leyla was having people over to inspect the trailer promptly after we left. I have zero doubt this would ever happen again, and will happily rebook her airstream.
we were refunded in less than 24 hours with zero issues.
so, our vacation was pretty short lived, and more like something out of National Lampoons.
oh, the trailer is just like the photos. SO CUTE.
no wonder Leyla and her airstream have a five star rating.