Does this sound odd?

[revdev]

This type of TMI enquiry is quite common via AirBnB.

The younger demographic and emphasis on being a community seems to provoke many to tell a bit of a life story

I suppose it makes a nice change from "Hi, can you tell me your price and if you have availability".

[Bunny]

I suppose it's better than "I'm a tenacious solicitor who never loses a case and my boyfriend works at a small failing broker firm and is facing redundancy so what discount can you offer us?"

[linda que linda]

What's the harm in going forward to the next step?

Its the next email that will confirm scam or not and you can easily ignore the offer to send 250% of your rental

Agree. Definitely TMI, but could be legit & I would probably respond.

Though he did not offer the info in the initial inquiry, I once had an enquirer tell me that he was a retired member of the RCMP so could we give his group of 4 men a discount since our house would be very secure while he stayed there! Then he didn't end up booking because he didn't trust paying via bank transfer.

[greenfrog]

I've had several similar and people were simply trying to reassure me that they're upstanding citizens with a salary that allows them to travel and rent gorgeous properties...