I'm guessing we're not getting the whole story here, so we can't really tell what exactly happened.
There seems to be some issue with the last minute addition of two guests to the party (originally party of 2, and the guests wanted to make it 4).
Pure speculation here, but my guess is the guests called 15 minutes away and said "Oh, by the way, we're now 4 instead of 2, is that ok?" and somehow that turned into a verbal fight and the host wound up saying some stupid things and cancelling on them.
If the host was that against renting to "Asians" then why did he agree in the first place? Didn't he know their name at the time the reservation was made?
You’re right this story doesn’t do it justice. In some of the other stories, it does a better job of explaining that the renter and the owner agreed on the cost of the extra guests well before the incident that happened on the day of.
More background here: https://www.everipedia.com/tami-barker-airbnb-host/
“Pure speculation here, but my guess is the guests called 15 minutes away and said “Oh, by the way, we’re now 4 instead of 2, is that ok?” and somehow that turned into a verbal fight and the host wound up saying some stupid things and cancelling on them.”
Doesn’t sound like that’s the case, according to the story...
“Suh, who posted an emotional video about the incident on YouTube, has said she’d agreed to pay $250 per night to rent the home and later asked Barker if two other friends could also stay at the house, which Barker agreed to. Suh sent Barker screenshots of text messages where she agreed to the additional guests, but Barker cancelled the reservation.”
Sounds like the additional guests were not a last minute thing and that Baker had approved them.
I agree though that something is missing from the story - I’d like to hear Baker’s side f it.