Hello everyone.
I'vs been a guest on Airbnb platform 2015. My experience as a guest with various hosts has been wonderful, except for one host in Mexico City some years ago. I had always thought of Airbnb as a community to grow as a human being through sharing the place we inhabit with a great diversity of people and with this attitude, learn from other cultures with a lot of empathy and respect. On July 16, a room and an apartment appeared on my profile to offer accommodation in Geneva, Italy. Something that is very common in Airbnb, except that I did not publish the ad and I do not own any property in Geneva, nor anywhere in Italy. Someone on the other side of the world hacked into my Airbnb account. I knew this was happening because I started receiving dozens of messages on my mobile phone accepting reservations in a place that I have never visited nor do I have a room or an apartment. I changed my password and tried to disable the ad, but I couldn't do it because I had pending reservations and pending charges for the reservations. A lucrative deal: €55 for a place to sleep that probably doesn't exist and I don't know where that money went. After several messages and calls to Airbnb, I was able to cancel the pending reservations and send a message to each of the guests who had fallen into this trap to prevent further disasters. Finally, when all the reservations were cancelled, more than a dozen in two properties, I was able to defuse the bomb and delete the ads. I have received many messages from Airbnb apologizing and saying that they will be kind to me and that won't charge me for cancellations. Wow, they are very generous! What I have not received so far, is a sensible explanation of why and how all this mess happened on my Airbnb profile. I still don't understand what happened and why no one has the courage to show their faces to give an explanation. I am very disappointed of Airbnb and now I only see a platform earning a lot of money without caring about what happen to people who want to travel, get to know other places and believe that sharing a place with someone else is creating a better humanity. It's a shame what happens at Airbnb.