[HiTech RedNeck]

And yet there was surely a physical meeting where someone handed over a key?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Who knows...

It’s Canada and the story is pretty light on facts.

[edh]

“And yet there was surely a physical meeting where someone handed over a key?”

The past three times I went on vacation and rented a house, the key was “hidden” under a placemat or in one of those fake rock things.

Some people that own houses they rent in tourist areas may never set foot in them. They’ll hire a service to clean the home before/after the visitors arrive/leave and put the key where it needs to be prior to arrival.

I’m sure things are OK 99.9% of the time ... it’s that 0.1% that’ll make you regret employing such a nonchalant attitude with your rental property :-).

[Blood of Tyrants]

Maybe not. Some places have electronic keys like at hotels. They may have mailed her a card. Or the lock could have a keypad that can be changed.

[alexander_busek]

And yet there was surely a physical meeting where someone handed over a key?

Have you no imagination?

Obviously, there was no physical meeting, so take it from there.

Regards,

[kalee]

Not always with AirBnB. Keys are usually in lockboxes. We have stayed in places where we have never met our “host”.