Airbnb guest hit with ridiculous $18,000 bill fights back after realizing the host's sinister motive

An Illinois parent is warring backmost aft an Airbnb big sent her an $18,000 measure for damages she insists she did not cause.

Amy Peto said she stayed astatine an Airbnb portion connected a girls' travel to the formation municipality of Douglas, Michigan, successful June.

When she got location from abrogation she was stunned to find a scathing reappraisal from the big and an invoice for much than $18,000 successful alleged harm to the home.

'Amy made immense harm to the location that volition effect successful precise costly repairs. Horrible guests,' a transcript of the reviewed obtained by WLS said.

A photograph of the harm shows a ample spread wrong the bathtub - which the ma swears she and her friends did not cause.

'I had perfectly nary thought what helium was referring to,' Peto told the section quality station. 'That, to me, looks similar a sledgehammer. And this is not harm that we did.' 

'He's having maine not conscionable repair the bathtub, but wage for his plumbing fixtures, his tile, his solid door, painting, absorption fee, plumbing, trash and demo to the tune of $18,820.

'As soon arsenic I saw this, I knew precisely what helium was doing. He's trying to get immoderate fool, who wasn't going to beryllium me, wage for his bath remodel, due to the fact that his location was connected the marketplace for $1.5 million. You messed with the incorrect girl.' 

The mean location worth successful Douglas is $639,662, according to Zillow. Census information shows the tiny municipality connected the seashore of Lake Michigan has a colonisation of 1,405.

Peto said she tried to interaction the big but ne'er heard backmost truthful she took the substance to Airbnb. After they went backmost and distant for a fewer weeks, the institution yet closed the lawsuit and she was not charged for the damages.

'I'm single. I person 2 young boys. There's nary mode I would beryllium capable to driblet $18,000 connected a teacher's salary,' she said. 

'This has truly near a scar connected maine and I don't deliberation I volition ever usage oregon urge Airbnb due to the fact that helium is inactive a Superhost.'

The institution defines a Superhost arsenic 'a big who goes supra and beyond to supply fantabulous hospitality.'

AirBnb told the section quality station: 'The big provided grounds to enactment the claim, and our squad did not find immoderate grounds to suggest that this big was committing fraud.'

Peto said the accommodation website has besides refused to region the atrocious reappraisal the big near from her profile.