Airbnb Nightmare: $38,000 Cleanup for Fentanyl and Meth [Roundup]

by Gary Leff

News and notes from around the interweb:

  • Owner of an Airbnb stuck with $38,000 cleanup cost for fentanyl and meth and the site won’t help.

    [T]hey were in the carport and started urinating on their own vehicle, which was alarming. Probably an hour and a half to two hours later, one of them left and came back — and when they arrived, I thought he hit that wall. But he did hit the front wall and pinned the trash can against the wall.

    I guess if the Airbnb were in Northern California they could just sell it…

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  • It’s $1.29 at Walgreens.

  • Delta is so old school the dot matrix printer at the gate is still printing tickets for the Wright brothers.

  • Why JetBlue wants to fly to Dublin they’re getting in before the airport passenger cap.

  • Several readers recently argued with me that airlines now only accept real service animals, not ’emotional support animals’. I explained that circumventing pet in cabin rules only requires filling out paperwork, and saying yeah sure it’s a service animal.

    Another totally legit service dog!
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About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  1. If dumb asses like you continue to pay $4 for a pack of gum yet complain to strangers on the internet about it, why would/should they change it? Have some self restraint and just say no…

  2. Wow. If there’s anything that may reduce the glut of residential homes purchased only for AirBnb short-term rental, the potential abuse for drug manufacture – and owner liability for cleanup – is it.

  3. We heard about an owner of an airbnb that had a crew come in and cook meth during their stay. Apparently, they were on someone else’s turf because six people entered the home and killed two of them during a gun battle. The owner of the property (and Airbnb) is being sued by the family of the people cooking meth in their house for not providing sufficient security (for their drug operation)

  4. I apologize in advance for my ignorance, but in the comments section after name and email we are asked to indicate a website. What website are you asking for? Sorry, but I finally decided to ask.

  5. @John: You don’t have to provide a website. The asterisk (*) indicates which pieces of information are required.

  6. I’m waiting for drug manufacturing to occur in the hotel units that the government is renting for the homeless. That will create some interesting lawsuits.

  7. John, The web site is used to populate the picture icon at the top left of the comment, presumable the website thumbnail that shows up in the browser tab. If you don’t have a website, or a thumbnail icon for the website, it’s safe to leave it blank.

  9. I hate dogs on planes, stores, grocery stores, clothing stores. So i have a dog whistle use it when needed. Service animals do not need to go shopping, out to dinner or on holiday.

  11. @ jns. Perhaps but what is not legal in all 50 states is ANY pet (even service dogs) being placed in grocery store carts or on seats and tables at restaurants. All service dogs, the only dogs allowed inside food stores, MUST be on the ground. Every airline that I’m aware of does NOT allow animals, even real service dogs, to occupy a passenger seat. They must be kept on the floor or in a pet carrier.

  13. Dot matrix printers are still used in environments where you need to print carbon copies.

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