TikTok star Alix Earle has revealed she and her friends were left stranded in Italy after falling prey to scammers by booking a villa that does not exist.
The 22-year-old, who embarked on the trip alongside 10 others, has been documenting the saga on the video sharing platform.
She revealed that there were a whole host of mishaps before the group then discovered that the ‘scenic villa’ they had booked in Positano was fake.
The trip is a continuation of Alix’s festivities to celebrate graduating from the University of Miami earlier this month.
TikTok star Alix Earle has revealed she and her friends were left stranded in Italy after falling prey to scammers by booking a villa that does not exist
She revealed that there were a whole host of mishaps before the group discovered that the ‘scenic villa’ they had booked in Positano was a scam
In her initial clip, which has been viewed more than 4.7 million times, Alix candidly revealed the predicament the group were in as they wheeled their suitcases out of the airport.
She revealed: ‘We’re stranded in Italy. The house we were supposed to stay at doesn’t exist. Our car service canceled. It’s midnight.
‘We literally don’t know where to go. 11 girls stranded in Positano. The girls’ trip took a turn.’
The social media star, who has more than 5.3 million followers on TikTok, has since elaborated further on the situation.
She said: ‘Here’s how we got stranded in Italy on our girls’ trip.
‘We were leaving our AirBnB in Ibiza. We had to chuck our suitcases down the stairs – they were so heavy.
‘We got our hot, sexy drivers. We had time to kill before the airport so we went to go get lunch…
‘So now we head to the airport to go to our villa in Positano. It was like 800 degrees. We were on the last row of the flight.’
Alix, who did not specify how much the group had paid for the villa, has yet to reveal how the issue got resolved but has still found time to share a slew of snaps from the sun-soaked destination
The trip is a continuation of Alix’s celebrations after graduating from the University of Miami earlier this month
Alix continued: ‘We landed in Naples and realized that our house was a scam.
‘It literally didn’t exist and our car service canceled on us. The our dumb a**es walked out of the airport without our luggage.
‘Security was like “you can literally not come back in.” We somehow got our bags, we got in a random taxi, we booked a random hotel room for the night.
‘The view was pretty though. At two in the morning we have nowhere to stay for the rest of the trip so we were a little stressed out.’
Alix, who did not specify how much the group had paid for the villa, has yet to reveal how the issue got resolved but has still found time to share a slew of snaps from the sun-soaked destination.
The star has risen through the ranks in recent months to become the latest ‘It Girl.’
The social media star has risen through the ranks in recent months to become the internet’s latest ‘It Girl’
She rakes in serious cash from her content, making more than $70,000 per post, and her own hashtags, ‘Alix Earle Effect’ and ‘Alix Earle,’ have a combined total of nearly two billion views
She rakes in serious cash from her content, making more than $70,000 per post, and her own hashtags, ‘Alix Earle Effect’ and ‘Alix Earle,’ have a combined total of nearly two billion views.
But despite being the next big thing – Alix does not shy away from sharing candid insights into both the good and the bad.
The beauty, who is also a construction company heiress, has been transparent about her struggles with acne, friendship, relationships, depression, anxiety and many other everyday realities that come with being a young social media icon.
She has also previously shared videos detailing her experience undergoing a breast augmentation as she shares that she does not want to set an unrealistic standard to those who look up to her.
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