[quote=lodestar,Mar 4 2015, 04:58 PM]Be careful who you choose. I have used it 4 times. Only 1 of them was amazing. 1 was in Washington D.C. - I would use them again. The 3 times were in Sydney - would never use AirBNB in Sydney again.

1st one) It was ok, but slight false advertising. It didn't say that it was extremely noisy, even with ear plugs. It was supposed to be an Italian couple (straight) but when I arrived the woman was not there and instead a Frenchman was there. I'm not against gays but I just thought it was strange.

But then it gets worse...

2nd one) I am female and I was only staying in this girl's studio apartment for one night. How bad can it be? Really bad. A few minutes after I turned off the light, the girl started playing with herself. Awkward!!! She has had plenty of people stay with her, all glowing reviews as well. I wonder why....

3rd one) She said that I have to move out because she has 2 AirBNB accounts for the same room and she accidentally double booked. She said that I would move to her friend's house who is a guy who just broke up with his girlfriend and is really lonely. She told me the address and I knew after visiting Sydney a few times that it was a very dark place - not good for people solo travelling. She insisted that I move out the next day and she would not compensate me.

AirBNB told me that she has the right to cancel me even though I did nothing wrong!

After this I won't even bother using AirBNB again unless I visit Washington D.C. again. There are a lot of horror stories about using it. I hear a lot of people prefer to get travellers from the free websites (e.g. couchsurfing) these days even over the money because of the quality of travellers they receive at their home.

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This post has been edited by wwlew: Jul 11 2016, 01:07 AM