My Vacay Rental Host Accused Me of Sleeping With Her Boyfriend

Joanne* returned home from a holiday, only to find this shocking message from her vacay rental host.

While chatting online with my friend Alice*, who was backpacking on her own across the region, I decided on a whim to go on a short getaway myself.

“Fly up and meet me in this city, Joanne! You can settle all of our travel arrangements during that leg of my trip,’ she said. I didn’t mind doing all the work so I started making the necessary arrangements. I booked my fights and found us an affordable place to stay on a vacation rental site.

The guest house was a gem of a find: it was near the city centre, looked spacious and comfortable, and a room cost less than S$15 a night. I contacted the host, Gen*, and managed to secure my booking for two nights.

A week later, Alice and I met at our destination. When we arrived at the guest house, Gen was nowhere to be seen. In her stead was a Caucasian, who introduced himself as Antonio*, the owner of the property.

He told me that he ran a tour agency from the first floor of the building, and I simply assumed that the woman in the vacation rental site profile picture worked for him.

Antonio was warm and friendly. He helped us to settle in and recommended various tourist

attractions and good eateries. So we did our sightseeing, shopped and ate to our hearts’ content. We had a great time.

On the third and final day, I said goodbye to Alice. She had decided to head to her next destination right away while I was planning to spend the day at the spa before leaving on my fiight back to Singapore.

A SHOCKING REVIEW