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Post by High Priestess on Feb 22, 2017 3:03:16 GMT
This is a scary story-- scary because of the way it reveals that Airbnb is much more out to protect its own interests, than to protect innocent hosts who might find themselves with a guest who gets herself into trouble thru her own bad judgement. Let this also be a good lesson to all on why you should never allow guests to bring visitors into your home!! airhostsforum.com/t/my-account-got-deactivated-by-airbnb-for-violating-terms/11962/10The OP begins:
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Post by High Priestess on Feb 22, 2017 3:17:00 GMT
And...another host also thrown off Airbnb, another recent post on AirHosts Forum Scary stuff!! This just demonstrates how very risky it is, even to cancel a reservation with good cause, because the guests intend to violate your rules. You just take a risk having accepted the reservation in the first place (eg, as you always do when you have INstant Book on). airhostsforum.com/t/thrown-off-for-absurd-violation/12065Begins like this:
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Post by helgaparis on Feb 22, 2017 12:26:05 GMT
I read both articles, the assault delisting to the end. Although they sound scary, wonder how selective the hosts presented their case. In the assault delisting, the guest invited a neighbour in. Obviously not a stranger to the host, as he immediately got the what's up messages from him. So, to speculate a bit: the huest meets a guy, maybe presented by the host or vouched for, if only with a remark: "Ah, you met Charly, nice guy" the host saw no inconvenience to the guest bringing him home several times. Then something happened, a light misunderstanding over invitation to talk or invitation for more. The guest flees to the bathroom, the neighbor leaves and the host does nothing to comfort her. Knowing disrespectful men, I easily immagine another remark : "What do you expect receiving him several times in your bedroom ?" Which pops into my head too, but you can't say that loud. - At 20, I invited a fellow student to have a last cup of tea in my studio at midnight. He was all astonished to get a cup of green tea and that it was not a weird code gor beerand sex. Maybe the guest lerned about the difference in perception only that night. - When airbnb asked for more information, he provided the what's up conversation to prove it was the guest's fault anyway, prooving at the same time that the offender was someone close to him. My first reaction would be to pick up the phone to know what it is all about. Obviously he knew that and felt no compassion with his guest.
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Post by helgaparis on Feb 22, 2017 12:44:55 GMT
The other host has 27 listings, which means a large professional hosting business. With no professional basics either: the reported discrepancy between gay bias or overcrowding appeared in a phonecall, no written confirmation of the call , but no reflex either to call airbnb. He cancelled on the guest, which is strange for a professional. With 27 lisings, there may have been a visible pattern as well.
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Post by High Priestess on Feb 22, 2017 16:09:15 GMT
Yes, it is hard to tell if the hosts presented the whole truth in these posts. One can't know that.
I also think hosts are much safer if, when wanting to cancel a guest's reservation, they contact Airbnb and explain the problem, thus providing evidence and documentation to protect themselves against possible retaliation through the guest making false claims.
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