Airbnb guest bewildered by missing detail in luxury pad: ‘We’ve been ripped off’

It was too good to be true.

Nothing is worse than being excited for a trip, arriving and then discovering that the pictures of where you planned to stay were nicer than the real thing. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to a model and her friend.

Pilar Sarrión booked what she thought was a luxury short-term vacation rental in Barcelona, Spain, with promised views of the city’s cathedral, according to What’s The Jam.

Upon arriving at their destination, Sarrión, who is from Madrid, and her friend were beyond stunned at the scam they fell for.

When the friends ventured out to the apartment’s patio, they were shocked to find that the supposed stunning views of the city’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia they were expecting, were a measly cardboard print.

The fashion model took to TikTok to share their unexpected experience.

“We’ve been ripped off by Airbnb,” Sarrión said in the video.

While laughing, she’s heard in the video asking her friend, “How much are you paying per night?”

$568 a night,” her friend joked.

The video has garnered over 2 million views, with people in the comment section just as horrified as the friends were.

“I’ll rent you my place in Getafe, it has views of the Eiffel Tower,” teased a commenter.

“They never said it was going to be the real cathedral…” a comment read.

“$568 a night for an Airbnb? Isn’t it better to stay in a good hotel?” one person asked.

In another video, the content creator clarified that they were kidding about the expensive nightly rate. “Of course, we didn’t pay $568 a night. We were joking, we didn’t think the video would go viral.”

Sadly, this isn’t the first time a person has gotten scammed by being promised a good view when traveling.

A flight attendant named Angela Ruth Strong traveled to Mexico with colleagues, as reported by Jam Press.

Her coworkers raved that they were all staying in one of the best hotels.

“This was my first overnight in the city, and another flight attendant had told me that it [the unnamed hotel] was one of her favorites,” the crew member.

However, when Strong arrived at this hotel, she quickly learned that her alleged skyline view was actually a print on a shade.

“I think I was more entertained than anything, and I had to share,” the flight attendant said, referring to her posting about it on social media.