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Chinese Tourists Allegedly Trashed Airbnb Home, Told Homeowner It’s Not Their Problem

2018-09-17 , 10:11 am

Airbnb is a double-edged sword. While on one hand, it allows homeowners to earn some money on the side, sometimes, you’ll meet inconsiderate people.

Like these three that we’re going to talk about.

Chinese Tourists Trashed Airbnb Host Home

A trio of 19-year-old Chinese students visited Osaka and stayed at an Airbnb home for five days.

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After their stay, the homeowner, Cheng, went to clean up the unit and was shocked by what he found.

According to him, the entire flat smelled of rotten food and there was rubbish scattered throughout the unit.

And to make it worse, the trio had also written rude messages in his visitor’s book and drew sh*t on it.

But here’s the kicker. It wasn’t what they did to the flat that made them the most notorious Airbnb-ers in recent times.

It was what they did after.

Homeowner Requested Them To Pay Twice The Cost of Cleaning

The owner said that to clean a flat in this condition, you’d have to fork out 3,000 yen (SGD$36.80).

And he requested for the trio to pay twice the cleaning costs. Which sounds absolutely reasonable, right?

Except, the trio don’t seem to think so.

According to online sources, the tourists allegedly told the owner that they paid to stay at the Airbnb, not to clean it.

It’s not their home so they won’t need to clean it for the owner.

Frustrated, Homeowner Took To Social Media To Vent

Given their refusal to clean up their own mess (literally), Cheng decided to take his frustrations online.

And with that, sh*t hit the fan. For the three Chinese girls, that is. His story went viral and became the “talk of the town”.

Upon their information going public, netizens started their C.S.I and found out more information about the trio.

Not only were they being criticised online, one of the women claimed that she had been harassed by phone calls as well.

Bowing to the pressure, the girls underwent a 180 degrees transformation and said they were willing to apologise and make reparations with the owner.

The girls are in the midst of discussing a resolution with the homeowner.

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Airbnb Taking Action As Well

On Airbnb’s part, they said that they are investigating the incident as well. They’ve also announced that they have a “landlord guarantee fund” in place for homeowners who had to fork out money because of the actions of their guests.

In other words, for people like Cheng.

Moral of the story:

Treat every home like how you’d want people to treat your own house.

After all, you wouldn’t be happy if someone stays at your home and don’t flush the toilet, right?

But then again, this story might not be that relevant to us. After all, Airbnb isn’t legal in Singapore.

Heck, even smoking at home might not be legal anymore #justsaying

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