One woman claimed that when they rented a house for a bachelorette party in Austin, Texas, they were “ready to be robbed”, saying there were a series of red flags that caused her and her friends to leave the country. night.
Callie Bryant, 28, from Arkansas, shared a viral Tic toc video of her friends in a hotel lobby after the “emergency evacuation” of the house they booked on vacation rental platform Vrbo.
He explained in the text on the screen that the doors were not locked, the alarm system was not working, and he was not responding to the landlord’s concerns. He also claimed that when they tried to search the listing on Vrbo, it disappeared.
“We realized we were ready to be robbed and/or worse,” he wrote.
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Callie Bryant, 28, from Arkansas, shared a now-viral TikTok video of her friends in a hotel lobby after they evacuated the house they had booked during the Vrbo “emergency.”
The text on the screen stated that the doors did not close, the alarm system did not work and did not respond to the owner’s concerns.
The clip has been viewed more than three million times, and some reviewers said they’ve had similar issues with vacation rentals.
Others have warned that bachelorette parties are being targeted in cities like Austin and Nashville, which have become popular destinations over the years.
“Now I’m back at the hotels. Too many security risks and CRAZY amount of rules in these homes. It is not worth it, ”she wrote.
My husband is a cop and this happened to a group of girls in Los Angeles. [They] they were robbed and their car [got] stolen,” said another.
“Airbnbs in Nashville are getting robbed all the time! And if your Uber driver asks you to stay at both, tell him your friend lives there,” another suggested.
Bryant shared a series of follow-up videos detailing what was happening, saying the house had a rating of 19 when her boyfriend booked it and it wasn’t a red flag.
Bryant shot a series of follow-up videos detailing what happened with her husband, and said the house received 19 comments about Vrbo when her boyfriend made the reservation.
“There were no reviews that showed anything that might be a red flag or cause us to think we wouldn’t be safe,” he insisted.
Bryant said the first red flag appeared when his friend met the owner to visit the property and was taught how to use the PIN on the main door.
He claimed that the woman held the key that locked the outer door of the front door and told her friend that they could use the back door and lock it.
Bryant said they stayed at home on their first night in Austin and took a lingerie shower for the bride, predicting they’d close the doors around 10 PM once the party closes.
Her boyfriend claimed that the property’s rental listing “completely disappeared” when he tried to check ratings for similar problems with locks.
TikToker revealed that it was the brother of the police officer who advised them to flee the building in the middle of the night.
He noted that they would be fine if they stayed on the lease, but they did not want to endanger their safety.
“We know if they’re bored,” he recalled. “We were nine people who tried this, two got promoted.”
He claimed to have texted the owner during this time but never replied. He said they didn’t want to be “super dramatic” because they wanted the bride to have fun, but some were “nervous”.
Bryant said the doors appear to be locked from the inside but can be opened from the outside.
“You can close and lock it from the inside, anything. [It] it looks stuck,” he explained. “Then it opens completely from the outside.”
He explained that they had not yet heard the voice of the owner, so they decided to go to bed around midnight, and that they “barricaded” the doors with furniture inside to prevent anyone from entering.
Bryant said he saw an alarm system around this time, but when he tried to set it up, he realized it was “completely dead.”
Bryant also shared footage of himself and his friends walking to the hotel they had booked after escaping the rental property.
Bryant said he took videos of them to show that the locks weren’t working and they were trying to get their money back.
She also claimed that the property’s rental listing “completely disappeared” when her boyfriend tried to pick her up to check for similar issues with the locks.
Bryant said he called his brother, who is a police officer, and explained the situation to him “in a way that did not affect his vision”.
He was worried that these would be “fixed” and advised him to leave the rental property immediately.
Bryant remembered how quickly they packed their bags and ordered Ubers to drive them to a hotel in downtown Austin, where he shot his viral video. She noted that they might be fine if they stay, but they don’t want to take that risk.
The hotel they were staying at was fully booked and they spent about 15 minutes trying to find another place to stay in the lobby. It was around one in the morning when they found a hotel with two rooms and walked there with all their suitcases.
Bryant later shared a video of him pushing his bags down the sidewalk on his way to the hotel.
Bryant’s original video has been viewed more than three million times, and multiple commentators have warned that bachelorette parties are being targeted in cities across the country.
He finally said that they heard the owner the next day, but that was not the response they were expecting.
“It was very defensive,” TikToker said. “He said we were idiots, that we could close the doors ourselves, that our safety was not compromised. Just a very strange reaction.
Bryant explained that some of them went back to the rental property with a friend to see that the locks weren’t working and sent it to the owner and Vrbo because they were worried about getting their money back.
He claimed that when they returned to the facility, they realized that the pin code was also not working. He claimed that the iron door could be opened easily after it was placed.
Bryant added that they are in the process of getting their money back and said he wanted to share his story to make others aware of the potential dangers.
“You should listen to your intuition and trust me if you see a red flag,” he advised. “Don’t put yourself in danger if it’s unnecessary. Spend the money on the hotel. Do what you have to do because your safety isn’t worth the risk.”
DailyMail.com reached out to Vrbo for comment.
Source: Daily Mail
