I was awoken to shouts of, "Our car got towed." Turns out we had parked in someone else's spot, and they had called the tow truck sometime during the few hours that we were there. My friends weren't sure if our rental car had gotten stolen or not at first. They went to the front office, where they found we were apart of a scam. The lady who rented us her Air BnB was doing so illegally. The apartment complex does not allow people to rent out apartments as Air BNBs. We didn't think much of it at the time, but this encounter would eventually lead us to getting kicked out of our Air BNB.
We told the lady renting out the Air BNB about what had happened, and went to pick up our car. Before calling a Lyft we went to a cafe next door. This is where I experienced my first taste of fresh California orange juice. I drank it all in about 10 minutes. We then took a Lyft to the towing company, then went to Walmart to buy food for our trip. Assuming we would be at the Air BNB the rest of the trip.
It was Lizzie's day due to it being the hottest day of the trip, in the 70's, and wanting to explore beaches. We went to Crystal Cove to explore Newport Beach, and had a picnic on the beach. It totally felt like we were in a secluded village, and again it was peaceful. There was a Christmas Tree set up on the beach as well. We laid our towels on the sand and laid down until we got the call that we were kicked out of our Air BNB. The Air BNB hostess had sent my friend who had booked it a series of documents right before we arrived. Like a half hour before. She frantically filled them out without reading them. In one of the documents it stated that she would not tell anyone about what had happened. So when they had told the front desk, they had broken the agreement.
While relaxing at the beach we were told we were basically stranded in California without a place to stay that night. We all rushed, going online to look for cheap housing. We had noticed that there were cottages on the beach, so we went up to the gift shop to ask about these cottages. It turned out that a 4 person room in a cottage would cost $71 a night. The catch was these cottages were always booked out, and reserved 6 months in advance due to popularity. She told us we could go to the front desk however and see if they had anything. After praying, we went up to the front desk, and to our surprise there was one room yet to be rented out. A 4 person room. It was too perfect to be a coincidence. We were so excited. We were excited to be able to come back to the beach after spending almost no time there, and the cottages were super cute. We definitely struck gold. God had our backs that day, and had our backs again the next day, you'll see why.
We left the beach to go get our stuff out of the Air BNB. We splurged on this Air BNB. It was a higher price then most Air BNBs we had been looking at. But we wanted to do it due to the perfect location and the luxury of a hot tub. This was definitely not your typical scam. All the reviews online were really good, so there is no way we could of prepared for this malfunction. Since our Air BNB was next to Newport Pier we decided to check it out before heading back to our beach house. Once at our beach house, we explored the beach at night with flashlights. Although it was much cooler to explore the beach in the daylight.
Two of my other friends stayed and sat down by the beach while my other friend and I went back up to the cottage. We met the other person living in our cottage. His name was Vince, and he was very sweet. We told him about all that had happened that day, and he offered us a mostly full bottle of wine. The cottage had a refrigerator which we were happy for, so all the food we had bought wouldn't get spoiled. Although the stove in the cottage was just for decoration. The cottages were made to look like when they were built in the 30's.
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