Vacation renter trashes apartment
2011.08.01
ABOVE: A more appropriate San Francisco vacation apartment for "DJ Pattrson."
We learned about this incident via a Facebook Travel Bloggers Group post by Michela Simonici:
In Around the World and Back Again, a blogger who goes by the initials "EJ" describes renting her San Francisco apartment to a stranger through airbnb and coming home to find it robbed and trashed:
Violated: A traveler's lost faith; a difficult lesson learned
Fortunately, such horror stories aren't common. If they were, the vacation-rental business wouldn't be as huge as it is. But if you're ever asked for references when renting a holiday apartment, or if the proprietor demands a hefty security deposit or a credit-card number, EJ's experience may help to explain why the landlord or landlady is being careful.
Photo: Stephan Hoerold.
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