AN American woman vacationing in Mexico was shocked to turn up at her Airbnb and discover that nothing was as it seemed in the listing.
Chloe Wells, 24, tells The Sun that the rental, located in Morelia, Michoacán, did look just like the photos – but the photos were deceiving.
Chloe was on vacation with her boyfriend and his family.
They stayed in a four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom private house, which cost $170 a night.
Photos from the listing show a modern, well-decorated home with brick wall detailing, a beautiful kitchen with a wine fridge, and a gorgeous backyard view near the dining room table.
But when Chloe and group arrived, they realized what those lavish touches really were.
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In a pair of TikTok videos, Chloe introduced her lodgings: “Things in my Mexican Airbnb that actually don’t make any sense.
She then films that gorgeous backyard view, which seemed to show a lush outdoor space with lots of flowers.
In fact, it’s contact paper stuck to a wall, and there is no yard or window there at all.
Next, the wine fridge: also contact paper.
Chloe proves it, opening up the door to show pipes and an outlet hidden behind it.
Even the beautiful spiral staircase was plastered on with contact paper, as was a marble statue, pebble detailing on the floor, and the brick columns.
Chloe shares close-ups of other faux “windows” with beautiful views that were also just strips of contact paper stuck to the walls.
The wall art, too, was made of contact paper, and more contact paper covered furniture and even the garbage can to make it look more luxe.
Even the stairs were covered in a wood-pattern contact paper.
Chloe’s videos have gone viral, with the first already racking up over half a million viewers.
But she says that she wasn’t actually disappointed that so much of the home was fake.
“I loved this house,” she said. “Not boring and kinda like a treasure hunt.”
She told The Sun: “None of us were upset at all, it actually made the trip that much better.
“It was super fun trying to find out what else was contact paper in the house. Almost every turn had something covered in contact paper.
“Surprisingly enough, I didn’t even record all of it! There was other artwork that was covered, other trash cans, walls. It was EVERYWHERE!”
She enjoyed her stay so much that she even recommends the place to others.
“Way more interesting than a modern ‘aesthetic’ look!” she said.
She also clarified that the Airbnb listing does actually say that there is no garden, “but it’s still really funny related to everything else.”
“I’m super grateful to my boyfriend’s parents for bringing me along!” she added.
The Airbnb host, Jaime Alfredo, also told the US Sun that the listing states clearly that there is no garden.
He added that without the graphic on the wall, the house would be boring.
