30 Horror Stories from Airbnb Hosts

‘Someone completely dismantled a surround sound speaker system’
30 Horror Stories from Airbnb Hosts

While Airbnb as a whole needs to pay for its crimes against society, there are a few hosts who have already endured a significant amount of suffering. One such host was new to the platform and offered a room in his apartment as a live-in host. His guest was a woman who said she’d be in town for a Robbie Williams concert, and though they’d previously agreed on an earlier check-in time, she arrived drunk at 3 a.m. She passed out about 30 minutes after arriving, but woke up later in the night and attempted to sneak into the host’s bed, saying that she would “pay more” for additional services. He declined, and kicked her out of his room. 

Though it would seem like this is where the story would end, it goes on from there. She went back into his room 15 minutes later, and spent the next hour trying to sell him organic vitamins. The silver lining: After checking out, she gave him five stars.  

Other Redditors have shared the messed-up Airbnb stories that made some of them stop hosting altogether, including those about a serial jizzer, a pair of piss princesses and a destructive orgy.

StarfishStabber 7y ago I have a couple. One guest used my house to cheat on his wife and then proceeded to proposition me. The reason I quit hosting was because of a couple who stayed with me for $500 for a whole month. They had a two room suite with a bed and TV in one room and a futon, TV, computer, printer, small fridge and microwave in the other room a very very large walk in closet and an en suite bathroom, and they still took over my entire house. I ended up staying in my room if I
Diligent_Ad6759 1y ago Verified When we first started, before AirBnb cracked down on parties, we had some college guys who invited the towny kids to a big party at our house. Besides being loud they littered all up and down the street, someone punched a hole in the wall, artwork and umbrella stand were stolen, they jumped off the balcony onto our sofa and destroyed it, and beer cans were hidden all over the house. They also did something to the plants in the front yard so that they died and anything we replanted with died immediately for over a
 2y ago I went to clean the unit after a couple had stayed for 3 weeks. At first everything seemed ok-ish. And then I walked into the bathroom and froze....like он MY GOD THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING. Use your imagination but literally every surface of the bathroom - walls, floor, window, CEILING - was covered in....uh....fluid. It was horrifying and terrifying and I had guests arriving the next day. I basically had to go out and buy something so I could steam clean every surface while wearing a hazmat suit. I have never been so grossed out in my life. And they left
W9CR 7y ago . I had a guest shit the bed, and then not notice it and track it through the apartment. My cleaning lady was beside herself when she went to clean. Ended up having to replace the bedding and pillows. 7 Reply ...
jp987777 e 5y ago o My aunt rented out her house through Airbnb. The tenants were employees of a Canadian porn company. They shot a porn video in every room of her house. 20 ...
CreatyveUserName 5y ago 2 Guys from Whales came in for the night, we made it clear that we only offered a room with a double bed to sleep in (and toilet of course), so no parties and no disrespectful behavior. Found them the next day passed out in the kitchen where they puked in and over everything, even the plants, even in the cat's litter box, it was awful. I kicked em' out immediately. + 58 ...
UnknownL_13 5y ago My parents rented our our second home to three families that were part of a soccer tournament. Six adults and five children. When we came to the house after they left we discovered that they ruined the wood floor by having leaking coolers sit on it. The damage to the floors costed over $600+. Not to mention they left dirty diapers; just laying on the floor or on random shelves, not a single one in the many trashcans around the house. And lastly they raided the pantry of wine and anything of food that was in there.
bellbeegoodie 3y ago Guest wanted to check in at 6am into a room in our house, assuming in would be quite happy to get up and let him in. Не informed me of this the night before. I begrudgingly agreed to leave a key in a safe box so he could let himself in. At 6am I'm woken by a scream and the door slamming. I'm afraid I went back to sleep and got up at 7am to a string of missed calls and messages telling me he had a cat phobia and met our cat on the way in.
warranpiece Зу ago I had a lady book our place. Seemed nice enough. Had one 5 star review prior. When we went by to say hello, she clearly was flustered, and there were 4 teenage girls there. She said she was having 3 of her daughters friends over for her sweet 16. They had a cake and like 3 balloons. I was a softy, and I couldn't tell the young girls no. So I let it go. The mother and father would be there to supervise and enforce quiet hours. Fast forward, and they left the girls, the girls got
redbandit87 5y ago First time we hosted some high schoolers threw a party. The wood floors were covered in a layer of dried beer. Someone jumped from the top of the stairs landing on the couch and breaking it in two. Glass in the pool. Who knows what else. Another time someone completely dismantled the surround sound speaker system and left a huge mess of tangled wires....just why?! + 66 ...
 5y ago Rented out my lake house to an older couple who will be having their two adult children visit for a week. They didn't know that my in-laws own the house next door and were there. Turns out 9 cars and 25 people in their 20's showed up, so my father in law called me. I couldn't get there until the next morning and by then they had ripped apart my furniture, put a hole in a wall, scattered broken glass and trash all over the lawn, tore down my fire pit, and someone had broken into my
OccasionallyWelsh 8y ago One of my client's neighbours rented out their condo on AirBnb for a weekend. The renters were a middle aged couple, and seemed trustworthy enough. Turns out they were renting the place to have a huge orgy, like 25 people. They broke almost everything in the place. Even the toilet and 2 sinks had to be replaced. And after they broke the toilet, they decided to just shit in the shower and leave it in there for the owners to clean up. + 294 ...
MaenHoffiCoffi 1y ago Unverified Had a strictly observant Muslim woman and her son (24) stay. They went to bed but came up at 2am to say a naked man had wandered in downstairs (they staying daylight basement). She had persuaded him to leave and gone back to bed WITHOUT LOCKING THE DOOR. Не wandered back in and fell asleep in a chair. Had to call the cops to take him away (very drunk) and were afraid they would shoot him. Не vomited all over himself. The cops took a towel to cover him and we never saw that again! Guest
DANK_MEME_LORD 9y ago I used to host Airbnb at my house when I was out of town for business in order to make some money on the side. I had a couple from Asia (Korea I think) stay at my house for two weeks when I was out of town, and apparently where they were from they don't flush used toilet paper down the toilet, the used toilet paper goes in the garbage beside the toilet. When I got home the couple had left and when I did my usual post stay checkup on the house to see if anything
 8y ago - My mom helped manage some Airbnb beach houses and apparently someone tried to make meth and LSD in one. That was the craziest thing but there were a lot of partiers who trashed houses which was more annoying than weird. + 822 ...
Sheraff33 8y ago Not a huge thing, but a guy left all (and I really mean all) my dishes and plates greasy after staying just one night. Weirdly enough, he also used and entire bottle of shower gel. If someone wants to make up a story of what he did in my apartment and post it here as a reply, I'd love it :-) + 674 ...
mostlyemptyspace 8y ago o They had an Indian wedding without telling us. The place was trashed. Stank like curry. They left a hot iron on the kitchen table and left a burn mark. There was pizza face down and smashed into the carpet of the kids room. Garbage in the pool. Trash all over the yard. Never again. + 501 ...
bitcoinman1980 1y ago Unverified The guy who booked my place to take a dump. Guy booked my place last minute checks in .. one hour later he says I don't feel comfortable here. I need to leave. I say why? Ignores me. Не complains to Airbnb and they give him a full refund for a two day booking. I called Airbnb and and they say that was a mistake and the guy has a shady past so we are going to not let him have the refund. Не still checks out .. when I finally get to the house. There's
maumacd 9y ago My in laws used to air bnb their house while they were travelling. Once, the people staying there left the deck doors and windows open all night (despite the instructions being very clear that this should not be done) a bird got into the house and in its stupid attempt to escape bloodied itself all over the main floor and died in the living room. The people staying there decided not to mention anything and just left it like that. Two days later they get back and see the mess. What the fuck people!? I mean, I
LarsTheWise 8y ago Edited 8y ago was new to AirBNB and my prices was very low. at that time i was 21, and though it was only boys and girls like me, who used it. Signed up pretty much to hang out with people my age, show them the city, have a great time. My first guest was a middle aged woman who was attending a Robbie Williams concert in the neighbor city. She was very sweet and kind when i talked to her through AirBNB, so i let her use my cheap apartment (in which i live also) She
purplelatte 8y ago The guest that stole everything from our house. They used a fake profile and when we got back from vacation everything of value was gone. Still trying to recover damages two months later from AirBnb. + 2.2K ...
 5y ago These ladies got locked out because all three didn't bring any of the spare keys. I had to leave a meeting since they demanded I let them inside. Since I left them all spares and my original, had to climb up two stories by building a makeshift Marv from Home Alone style stack of boxes and break in my own apartment to open the door from the inside for them. They gave me my only negative rating out of about 20. 193 ...
 5y ago There are almost too many to recall but among the top ones was a bridesmaid who got drunk at a wedding and proceeded to violently assault her boyfriend bc he wouldn't propose. She threw him into 3 walls (all requiring extensive repairs) which led to her arrest. The quality of guests has declined sharply as Airbnb has grown. 220 ...
dudebg . 5y ago Carpets? Jizzed. Curtains? Jizzed. Dining table? Jizzed. Sink? Jizzed. Sheets? Somehow survived unjizzed. 250 ...
HTwatter 5y ago Edited 5y ago A friend of mine rented to a girl who was convinced that there were cameras hidden all around the unit. She dismantled the lighting fixtures, picture frames, medicine cabinets, remote controls, etc. Edit: This occurred in 2015. They were live-in hosts renting out the main part of their home. She also de- potted plants, removed smoke detectors, hid all of the refrigerator magnets, and destroyed her cell phone. They were compensated by Air bnb. Thank you, Reddit, for an excuse to reach out to an old friend! + 4K ...
ishmoo21 e 5y ago E Dude stole my $120 sneakers and broke my tv + 3.9K ...
Gustavuka 5y ago Rented out to a grup of 4 girls. Turns out they were going partying everyday during their stay. I get called one day at 5am, Its the guard from my building telling me theres a passed out girl in the lobbys couch, puking and pissing herself. None of her friends had gone back to help her. Ruined the couch obviously. The next day they send me a message again, another one of the girls had sprinted to the building stairs and ALSO pissed herself. + 5.1K ...
adsadsadsadsads 5y ago We are live-in hosts, so we are present while guests stay in our spare room. A guest arrived and immediately announced that they had shit himself during their journey. They then marked us down for cleanliness. Mate, you shit yourself. Also a guest who found a pair of my flip flops in a wardrobe that they should not have opened, then shit over the bathroom floor, ruining my favourite flip flops in the process. ALSO, a guest who went out drinking for ten hours before checking in, meaning I had to collect them from the taxi, put
geminidae 5y ago I used to travel a lot for work and I would put my apartment up on Airbnb while I was away. My apartment has a bunch of closets and drawers which I used to leave empty and at my guests' disposal. However there is ONE closet in the bedroom which I kept locked cause it is where I keep my personal belongings. One time a guest left a bad review saying that the place had no storage space which I was very confused about until I got home and saw my closet: dude had tried to open
notquitehere-1 1y ago Unverified We had a young couple some years ago who trashed our gorgeous lodge. They turned up well-presented and polite but when we went in there everything was broken or defaced. There was orange juice and candle wax all over the walls, ceiling and furniture, blood and urine all covered sheets and wrote nonsense on the back of my artwork. The weirdest thing was they stayed to chat on the drive before they left for at least 10 mins (before I'd made the discovery). Police called. Airbnb payed out £1500 in damages, they walked away. Think they

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