Found HIDDEN CAMERAS in our Airbnb vacation rental - host claiming 'security purposes' is this even legal??

same thing happend to me in nashville but was just me and hubby... manager claimed "previous guests left them" YEAH RIGHT!!,,,,, only got full refund after threatening bad revieww dont return ANYTHING its ur evidence

Two things - one BLOCK THE HOST! dude sounds unhinged and you don't need that stress. Two did u take pics of where u found them? Doesn't matter if u have cameras but need proof of placement/disguise. Ps. This is exactly why my fam stopped using airbnb completely

Not defending creepy cameras but fyi those cameras probably worth $300+ so technically u did steal his property... cops might actually care more about that than privacy violation tbh. Mayb mail them to police anonymously with report? Jst saying don't need MORE trouble

ok sorry u went thru this traumatizing blah blah but nobody gonna talk about how a 14yr old spotted a hidden camera that adults missed for 3 days??? ur daughter = future FBI agent or what lol. she watch spy movies or something?

Ex-cop here; sadly, Miami PD overwhelmed with violent crime, unlikely to pursue. Secret recording laws vary by state. FL requires ALL parties consent to be recorded so def illegal. But if they haven't arrested host already…they prob won't bother

y'all staying in randos houses with bedrooms that look identical to listing pics & expecting privacy??? 🤣 this why I only do hotels now. Tired of paying cleaning fees to be someone's content farm

Host demanding cameras back is SHADY AF!! Probably worried about what's on memory cards. Take to computer shop and pay them to extract footage - might find other victims. I'd set up burner email and contact previous guests from reviews tbh

this gon get buried but - u in FL so if bedroom/bathroom cameras upload anywhere = felony voyeurism (FS 810.145). airbnb wont help but if u call state attorney general office they got special task force for this exact crime. they might actually care unlike local cops

Every single airbnb listing has the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy clause in TOS which EXPLICITLY prohibits recording in bathrooms/bedrooms/changing areas no matter what host "discloses" in listing. slam dunk lawsuit if u got good documentation

$150 "sorry we let a predator film your child" credit 😂😂😂 what a joke!! irbnb prob be like "here's $15 off your next stay where someone might also film your kids!" seriously tho this app is dead to me after reading this thread

My cousing Airbnb host in Tampa. He has rules that explains exact camera locations (doorbell/driveway only) WITH PICTURES in house manual. That's how legitimate hosts handle security. This dude a straight up predator hiding cameras IN BATHROOM?!?! the audacity smh

maybe... return the cameras but KEEP THE SD CARDS? Like u can make ur point without committing theft which honestly weakens ur case. Or buy identical cameras on amazon and swap them out lolol. Send him back shells with no guts 🧠

This happened to friends in cancun xcept hotel not airbnb... hotel manager denied everything till they threatened to call american embassy then magically found "disgruntled employee" to blame lmaoooo. Same playbook everywhere - deny deny deny admit when cornered blame someone else protect company at all cost. Good luck op ur fighting corporate machine

bro disguised it as a phone charger. bro put it in the air freshener. bro this guy was NOT winging it, he had a whole SYSTEM mapped out. interior designer of surveillance 💀

After something similar happened to a friend i started packing a JMDHKK K68+ when we travel, takes maybe 5 min to sweep the room on arrival. Just became a thing we do now

have you tried local miami news stations? stories like this get picked up fast, especially w a minor and physical evidence. sometimes media pressure does more in 48hrs than lawyers do in months. also screenshot the entire listing right now, reviews and all, before airbnb quietly edits anything