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Young Scots women left to wander streets of Portugal at night after Airbnb booking axed
25.10.2022 - 12:13 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Two young women were left wandering the streets of Portugal in the dark after their Airbnb booking was axed on arrival.
Ami and Beth, both 22, were looking forward to a relaxing five-day break in the popular resort of Vilamoura but their trip descended into chaos when they reached their Airbnb apartment on October 17.
Due to their late arrival., the two students had agreed with the apartment owner to collect the keys from a locked box by using a code.
But the girls were given the incorrect code, and after several unsuccessful attempts to contact the host, the pair began to panic about their safety.
Ami and Beth contacted Airbnb for help but the rental company left the girls to wander the streets for hours with their luggage as they desperately tried to find a room for the night.
Ami, from Glasgow, told the Record: "We arrived to collect the key from the lock box after 9pm but we couldn't get it open with the code we were sent. We contacted the host several times to say we couldn't get into the box but we didn't receive any response.
"Beth contacted Airbnb on live chat to ask for help as we were wandering the streets at night with our large bags and money. We told Airbnb that we felt unsafe, we couldn't contact our host and we were two young girls wandering around in an area we didn't know."
Ami and Beth eventually found a room at a local hotel and claim Airbnb offered to pay for the night's accommodation before backtracking on that promise.
The holiday rentals company then issued a full refund - which automatically cancelled the pair's accommodation for the rest of the trip.
The pals ended up £500 out of pocket after being forced to fork out on a last-minute hotel for the rest of their trip.
Ami continued: "We had already
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