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So this literally just happened to just now, 3 hours ago, that I'm still shaking.
I am an airbnb host, and I have/had a male guest staying with me for days. Today was day 4 of his 6 day reservation. He's been fine this whole time till just now. I heard him leave, so I took that opportunity to take a shower. We share a bathroom. Well, I heard him come back while I was still in the shower. I heard him go into his room. I finished my shower, and normally I wear a robe, or my towel to walk back to my room, but something told me to get fully dressed. So I get fully dressed in the bathroom then walk out. I have to pass the guest room to get to my room. As I'm passing by his room, he swings open the door and I jump and scream cause it scared the fuck out of me! I screamed, "WTF!!!" And jumped 3 ft into the air. And I start shaking from the scare, (I am still shaking) and he just stands there and stares at me. I kept walking towards my room, and I asked, "Did you need the bathroom or something??" And he just quietly closes his door and goes back into his room without going tò the bathroom or saying why he opened the door.. He didn't apologize. He didn't act like it was an accident. He just stared at me then went back into his room.
So I went into my room shaking and thought to myself, "OMG, I think this guy just tried to catch me naked after my shower!" I wasn't, because something told me to get dressed before I left the bathroom, I usually wear a robe. But still I think he tried to catch me wrapped in a towel maybe?
A half hour goes by, and I'm thinking about what I should do. Should I let it go? Should I call him out? Should I say anything to him? Well, I knew I wasn't comfortable in my home now, so I drove to a department store that closed at 10pm and just stayed there for a couple hours. While there, I messaged him that I didn't know what that was all about, but he scared the shit out of me, and i don't want him to do that again. Then, and only then, AFTER, I messaged him, now 45 minutes after it occurred, he goes, "I'm so sorry! I didn't know you were there! I was wearing my ear buds and didn't hear you!"
Ok, that doesn't make sense because if it was truly an accident, WHY did he not apologize immediately after swinging open the door, and hearing me scream?? He just stood there and stared, and didn't say shit till I messaged him first. Also, he was out of the apartment and when he came home he saw that I was in the shower because the shower is right next to the front door. So he KNEW I was in the shower so there was no where for him to go. No reason for him to leave his room. And if he did need to use the bathroom, why didn't he use it after he swung open the door, and made me scream? He just silently went back into his room without apologizing to me for scaring the fuck out of me.
Then while I was out, he checked out, left and canceled his reservation 2 days early saying he's going to leave cause he doesn't want me to feel uncomfortable in my home. Oooookay. Well, by him canceling, I now can't make a review on him to warn other hosts about his perverted ways. So that's the real reason he canceled and left.
It was all fucking weird and it just happened 3 hours ago and I am still super shaken.
FYI I did call airbnb and reported him to the safety issues line.
Sorry this happened. I would be scared to be an airbnb host as a woman
I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I'm creeped out just reading about it. With all you explained, this perv definitely wanted to catch you naked or at least in your towel. He knew exactly what he was doing by staring at you and then quietly closing his door. He only said what he said via text to cover his ass but his real agenda was to catch you unawares.
It's super annoying that his cancellation means that you can't review him which he may be aware of, hence why he did it. Is there another way you can report him? Is there a customer service email, phone number or chat service you can use? The upside is he left but for him to suddenly cancel goes to show how guilty he is and what he intended to do.
I don't care what anyone says - most men are depraved, perverted creeps. Unless you have to interact them (i.e. at work or in a supermarket), I really implore that we all be very wary of them. Most of them aren't right in the head!
Just take some deep breaths, in an out. It always helps to relax me and maybe you can watch something funny to lift your mood. You got this! 💛
I'm sorry this happened, that sounds petrifying. See, this is why I'm such a hardcore advocate for female exclusive spaces. Airbnb has been under fire for years over sexual assaults happening in these sorts of situations, and the company has enough money to keep everything quiet. I really do think women who want to be hosts either should do it if they have a husband who can stand by, or only rent out to female occupants. Most men are extremely dangerous and will take any chance they get to be able to rape a woman in her home.