![]() ![]() If they wait for you to arrive before springing this on you, then it is almost definitely a scam - they are counting on you to be tired and agreeable. If the host is genuine, they will tell you about the situation before you arrive and give you the chance to consider your options. But in others, you could potentially end up in a shittier place in a completely different part of town. In a lot of cases we’ve heard about, they end up being similar and quite nearby. And a damn good one! Here at the Broke Backpacker, we must’ve spent thousands of nights at Airbnbs between all of us - and with very few issues. For the most part, Airbnb still remains a safe platform. In this post, I’m going to run you through a few of the most common Airbnb scams and teach you how you can protect your ass from them.īefore we get started, I want to make something very clear. And besides the housing shortages and inflated rents, there is an ever-increasing number of Airbnb scams that target unsuspecting guests. The “Airbnb effect” on city housing markets forces long-standing tenants out of their homes, in exchange for short-term tourists that are much more profitable to landlords. Over the last 5 years, I’ve rented Airbnbs all across the world and stayed in some truly awesome and unique properties. Not only is an Airbnb apartment often cheaper than a hotel room, but it also allows you to save even extra cash by using the kitchen and all the other amenities (further cementing the true local experience). Soulless and boisterous hotels? Nah, now we’ve got places that we can (and want to) call our own! In the last decade, Airbnb has burst onto the travel scene and in many ways revolutionised tourism as we knew it.
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