Airbnb guest discovers "bed" made of plastic tables

Erica M. went on holiday to Nebraska with two friends. The women rented an Airbnb with four beds, but one friend cancelled at the last minute owing to caring for an ill child. As it turned out, she was quite fortunate. Upon arriving at the rental home, her friends discovered that one of the beds was not as it appeared in the photographs on the site.

After lifting the pink cover, the surprised holidaymakers saw not a bed but two foldable plastic tables. Erica recorded a video illustrating the renter's "cunning," which her sister, Kristen Downard, posted on TikTok. The video amassed nearly nine million views in just 24 hours, and many reaction versions commented on the crafty Airbnb listing.

Due to the video's popularity, Erica clarified on her sister's TikTok that, fortunately, the fourth bed was not ultimately needed. She also showed her followers other "strange" things in the rented Airbnb. In the "lounge", there was no TV, but instead, two cameras on stands and a popcorn machine.

Downard wrote in a comment beneath the viral video that her sister would not file a formal complaint against the rental despite several other oddities she found, including a micro-sink and a gaping hole in the laundry room that seemed to lead to "some tunnel".

Even though the group did not submit a formal complaint, Downard told dailymail.com that Airbnb contacted them after the two videos went viral on TikTok. She reported that the company refunded them the full amount paid for the rental. The company confirmed this in an email to Daily Mail. Downard removed both videos from TikTok.