To that end, these listings have been removed, and all associated hosts have been suspended pending further investigation.”Īs for the scouts, they aren’t letting this hiccup ruin their plans. In a statement, he wrote, “This type of situation is extremely rare, but when it happens, we take action to protect the integrity of our platform. There’s absolutely nothing here.”Įver resourceful, the scouts reorganized and paid for rooms at a hotel.Īirbnb spokesperson Ben Breit said they are going to fully refund them. “Explain to me, how is this not fraud? There’s no home here. Exactly what is it that we’re supposed to be renting?” he said as he stood in front of the lot. “It’s supposed to be a brand-new home near the beach. There not anything there at all,” said Mulkey.Īfter finding an empty lot, Mulkey recorded a video to document his disappointment and frustration.
While they remained skeptical, the scouts were hopeful.īut once they showed up this week, they arrived to find mangroves and marshland. “The pictures were all exactly identical, and all for Big Pine Key,” he said.Īfter reaching out to Airbnb and the hosts, Mulkey said, they were told the listings were legitimate. That’s because, Mulkey said, it appeared they had rented the same house through different hosts. “It’s just a good time to for us to make some memories with our scouts while we can,” he said.įor part of the trip, the two troops booked two Airbnb rentals that could hold all 24 of them.īut before they even made it to South Florida, they started to realize both of their separate bookings seemed off.
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