- Journalist Allie Conti recounts recently being asked to suddenly switch her Chicago Airbnb rental.
- After seeing nice photos and time-crunched, Allie accepted.
- However, upon arrival she noticed the new rental looked very different from the pictures (bizarre furniture, hole in the wall).
- Allie went to a hotel instead and was only partially refunded by Airbnb ($399 out of $1,221.20) because she accepted alternative.
- Upon further investigation, Allie discovered eight-city, 100 property scam involving similar pictures, fake hosts and common complaint (sudden cancellation, partial refunds).
