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Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure by elif on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:48AM (#18922383)
I was in Spain and got an airbnb which did not have sheets for the beds or towels. The host, who was in another country on holiday, had me walk down the street and meet her mother, who didn't speak english. Her mother gave me a musty top-sheet that seemed to have been in a closet for over a decade, and asked me to pay her 5 euros in cash for it. This whole process took about 2 hours.

Still didn't get a towel.. should have listened to douglas adams.

I also stayed at the cheapest airbnb in miami beach, which was an unwalkable room full of children's-sized bunkbeds, and populated by fully grown humans with the consideration of children. There was so much chaos i couldn't sleep, and since i was there to compete in a tournament the next day, I literally walked around the streets of miami at 3am until i found a patch of grass where I could sleep. I couldn't bring myself to pay $200 for 3 hours of a hotel.

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Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure by koverda on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @01:10PM (#18923270)
Could you link to this Miami AirBnB? Sounds interesting.
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Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure by elif on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:05PM (#18924508)
Thankfully it appears to have subsequently been shut down.

http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5165144

I don't want to dox whoever lives there now, but it was just north of the convention center on Pine Tree Drive

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Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure by toomuchtodo on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:53PM (#18926879)
Something doggy people have been doing is signing year long leases for properties, listing it on AirBnB, and milking it for as much as possible until the owner and/or HOA get wind and evict them (sometimes the HOA will find out and fine the owner continually while the eviction is in process, which is always unfortunate). I always recommend to owners and property managers when this happens to stick to the eviction and follow through to prevent future landlords from encountering the same issue (most landlords will not rent to someone with an eviction on their record).
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