Woman let sister stay rent-free after a breakup — then discovered she’d secretly listed her guest room on Airbnb for $89 a night and made over $2,000
'I pay the mortgage and every d*mn bill in that house, including the WiFi these people are using...'
Most people would let their siblings crash at their place if they're going through a bad time. However, only a few would let an adult sibling stay without contributing to the bills. A person who goes by u/knight_4806 on Reddit is one-of-a-kind. They let their sister move in with them after a horrible breakup. She was welcome to stay as long as she needed, rent-free. The author traveled for work, and she often had the house to herself. But one day, they came home early to a confused couple in their guest room. A quick scroll on the Airbnb website told them all they needed to know. The post was shared on November 9, 2026, and it has since received over 6,000 upvotes.
WIBTA if I gave my sister 30 days to move out after I found out shes been renting my guest room on Airbnb
by u/knight_4806 in WouldIBeTheAhole
A strange surprise
The narrator gave their sister the guest room to stay in for as long as she wanted. "She was a mess, and I felt awful for her," they wrote. In exchange, they asked her to help around the house. Recently, the author was on a work trip, but their meeting got cancelled. They returned home a day early, but when they walked inside, a couple was sitting in the guest room with their suitcases open. "They looked at me like I was the one who didn’t belong there," the narrator explained. When they asked what they were doing in their house, the woman showed them the Airbnb confirmation.
A little side hustle
The author viewed the Airbnb listing and noticed photos of their guest room and furniture. Their sister had been charging $89 a night. "14 reviews means she’s been doing this basically since she moved in and not everybody even leaves a review, so it’s been way more than that," the author said. When their sister got back home from a grocery run, they confronted her. She defended herself, saying nobody used their bedroom behind their back. Since she did all the work anyway, it shouldn't affect the author at all.
Rental boundaries
Renting out a room or one's house is a great way to make extra income. However, finding out a room in your house has been listed on Airbnb without your knowledge is a completely different story. In 2021, Realtor.com surveyed more than 3,000 people and found that almost half of homeowners were interested in renting out extra space in their homes, given that the space had a separate entrance, kitchen, and bathroom. These are strict requirements, yet the author had no idea their guest room was being rented out. The survey also found that 52% of tenants wanted to rent to someone they knew, while 24% would give their extra space to long-term renters.
Exploitative sister
Netizens sided with the narrator and advised them to kick their sister out because she knew what she was doing was wrong. u/TheWorldTurnsAround wrote, "You WBTA (Would I be the a**hole?) if you don't kick her out, in my opinion. She knew what she was doing was wrong; otherwise she wouldn't have hidden it from you. Also, you need to contact Airbnb and tell them the listing is fraudulent. You are the owner of the house and never consented to having it rented." u/tattoovamp added, "I wouldn't give her 30 days. She made two grand off your place. She can use that money to find herself a place to rent."
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