An American tourist has documented an account of his disastrous trip to London, which saw him suffer an Airbnb “horror story”.
In a lengthy review of his travels, the man took to X (formerly Twitter) to bemoan his late flight, which proved the catatlyst for as series of unfortunate events.
“It’s 2:30am in London,” he began. “Flight delayed 3 hours. Raining. I message our [Airbnb] host that we’re going to miss the check in window. There’s a fee. Weird since it’s self check in, but okay. We get to the Airbnb and the lockbox doesn’t work.”
Raising the issue with the host man then claimed he was simply told: “Too bad. You missed the check-in window”. The host reportedly added that the “lockbox code is changed after every window” resulting in the man seeking alternative accomodation on his first night in Blighty.
“Remember, it’s 2:30am, so in desperation, we get a last minute room in a nearby hotel,” he explained. “Meanwhile, I check with the hosts on when we can get in the next day. No response,…