VETERANS ROBBED WHILE STAYING AT AN AIRBNB IN THE BAHAMAS.
Intruders. Machete. Power outage. Not exactly paradise!
For starters, nowhere on the listing does it state they are doing remodeling/ construction. Nor does the listing state that there are scheduled weekly power outages for at least 3 hours.
Upon arrival we received a set of 4 keys from Bianca and were then notified of the scheduled power outages. Although the weekly outages are “scheduled” there is no set time for it so there is no way to know when it will occur. On our FIRST NIGHT between 1-3 am I woke up to an image of a man crawling out of our room (front bedroom)! I screamed waking up my sister who was sleeping next to me and she said, “You tripping, go back to sleep.” The following morning my sister, myself, and my best friend all went to the beach around 6:40am to watch the sunrise. I asked my friend “which one of you guys were playing around in our room last night?” My friend said “ Girl nobody, we were sleep.” We went back to the house and started to get ready for our day. When it was time to head out, I could not find my wallet. I asked, “Has anyone seen my wallet?” My friend said, “It’s in the chair.” I went to go get my wallet, opened it and noticed all my money was gone. Also, there was a leaf from outside in the coin purse section. I said “I knew I wasn’t tripping last night... I saw someone in the house!” My other friend said, “I heard footsteps back here near our room.”
As we were investigating the area trying to understand where this intruder came in we found a machete outside the patio door on the furniture. Florian confirmed he left it there as he was chopping down trees prior to our arrival. This is UNACCEPTABLE! There was also a glass door located behind the curtains in the main bedroom that we initially had no idea of and later found out that it was completely unlocked. This door was unlocked from previous house guest, and we were unaware there was even a door there.
We called Florian to report the robbery. He came over and we explained what happen. He did not act concerned in any way. All he said was, “why would they not take the $20,000 worth of equipment that is outside?”
That night (day 2) we slept with barricades on both doors and everyone had knives by the bed. No one could sleep that night.
I woke and tried to call the police and no one answered the phone. Shortly afterwards (around 7am) my sister found a key on the ground right outside our house in the driveway, just in front of the patio. So they (the intruders) tried to come back again! We tried it on the doors and it worked on the patio door. We contacted Florian again and confirmed there were only 4 original keys. He confirmed there were in fact only supposed to be 4 keys that had been issued to us. We now had a mystery 5th key. He came to the house and confirmed it did work on the door. All he said was “Hmm that is weird” and placed the key on the keychain.
While the police were there taking a report, Bianca stated “I can pick the bottom lock with my sunglasses.” (several times). The police instructed her to change the locks. As of today 9/26/2019 the locks were not changed, with a new guest arriving.
THIS PLACE IS NOT SAFE! THESE PEOPLE DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR SAFETY... JUST YOUR MONEY! THEY HAVE 12 PROPERTIES!
After our return to the US we tried reaching out to the Royal Police in the Bahamas. Guess what my case and there “Role” numbers both do not exist. However, we have video footage of them interviewing me and the Airbnb host. Since our review went live on the host’s listing. Their name has been changed from Florian and Bianca to Herman. This whole experience is weird and fells like a Setup. Airbnb is not acknowledging the robbery in any way. Please help us bring light to our story , caution people from booking Airbnb, and traveling internationally.
We have video footage!
