Airbnb prospects shelling out large bucks on lodging for Taylor Swift’s live shows in Australia say their bookings have been cancelled days earlier than her run of exhibits – solely for a similar lodgings to be relisted at a lot larger costs.
The followers declare they’ve now been frolicked to dry, and left to search out different lodging on the eleventh hour, with most locations in Melbourne nearly utterly booked out.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient to e book an Airbnb till she days in the past he let me know he needed to cancel it as he had emergency renovation,” disgruntled Airbnb buyer Lily advised The Undertaking on Thursday evening.
“I questioned him. I mentioned, ‘That feels like one thing you’d have identified prior to a few days earlier than my keep.’
“There was a language barrier. He couldn’t actually give me a solution. I requested him after I’d get my refund. He couldn’t inform me what was occurring.
“I mentioned might you present me with some proof? He couldn’t do this. I mentioned I’m going to take this up with Airbnb. I paid $900 for my four-night keep in Brunswick.”
However then, Lily claims, she checked the app once more and located the identical property listed for $2,000 – for a similar dates she had initially booked.
Lily mentioned Airbnb gave her a $47 credit score in compensation which “would possibly get me a hostel”.
Swift’s flight to Australia landed in Melbourne early on Thursday.
The flight, originating in Honolulu, Hawaii and designated VJT993, touched down at 12.50am, native time.
The pop star travelled in a Bombardier International 6000, an expensive non-public jet with a most vary of 6000 nautical miles, and a capability of simply 17 passengers.
Swift has about two days to recover from her jet lag earlier than taking the stage for her first live performance in Australia since 2018.
Her lavish life filled with worldwide journey by way of non-public jet has attracted criticism in current months, with a litany of memes flooding the web.
She flew 9,000 kilometres from Tokyo to Vegas earlier than flying 13,000 kilometres to Melbourne simply final week.
In that point, Taylor produced 138 tonnes of CO2 simply visiting her boyfriend, outputting roughly 9 instances greater than the typical Australian will emit this yr.
Swift’s journey schedule is hectic sufficient at the most effective of instances, however has been notably frantic within the final week, together with her speeding again to the USA from Tokyo over the weekend to observe her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, play within the Tremendous Bowl.
Kelce’s Kansas Metropolis Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in extra time, claiming back-to-back titles, whereas Swift and her star-studded crew watched from the stands.
Her tour is anticipated to inject a whole lot of thousands and thousands of {dollars} into the Australian economic system, with greater than 600,000 tickets offered.