The hilariously crafty Airbnb photograph that fooled guests into thinking they were booking a rental with a full-sized pool table...
- Brian Ashe allowed his friend to book an Airbnb property for a stay in Croatia
- They chose one holiday rental as it appeared to come with a full-sized pool table
- But when they arrived, they saw they had been fooled by the picture of the table
They say the camera never lies.
That may be true. But as this photograph shows, it can definitely be hilariously crafty.
The image here duped a group of young men from Scotland into thinking they were getting an Airbnb rental in Croatia that would feature a full-size pool table. In fact it was just children-sized, the owners having used a clever angle to make it look big.
The image from the Airbnb listing that appeared to show a full size pool table
Snookered: When the group of Scots got the holiday rental in Croatia, they realised it was actually a child-size table
One of the group members, Brian Ashe, posted a picture of the tables side by side on Twitter with this caption
One of the group, Brian Ashe, posted a series of images on Twitter showing the picture from the listing and how big the actual table was.
Uploading a side-by-side image, he said: 'Hahahaha when one of the troops books an Airbnb specifically for the pool table.'
The pictures then went viral on social media and have been liked more than 8,000 times.
And even though some replied on Twitter saying the group had the wool pulled over their eyes, many found the situation hilarious.
Another picture of the actual table showing how small it was
One said: 'That's bloody brilliant', while another wrote: 'That first picture is some absolute belting camera work btw.'
And one friend, Connor Handren, added: 'Genius fae the owner there tbf.'
However, it is not the first time that holidaymakers have been fooled by online listings.
Last month Jenny Kershaw from Manchester, England, took to Twitter to share the misleading image of a hotel 'pool' featured on Booking.com alongside her own picture of what turned out to be an abysmal-looking hot tub.
'Our hotel pool in Vietnam... booking.com VS reality [tears of laughter emoji] we’ve been done there,' she captioned the images.
Because of the angle in which the photo was taken, it appears to be an infinity pool, but in actuality it is a small hot tub that is raised above the ground.
After the tweet went viral, Booking.com reached out to Jenny and asked her to flag the images to the company, but she insisted she wasn't interested in filing an official complaint.
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