Post by High Priestess on Oct 12, 2018 15:08:36 GMT
This host finds that older guests (over 50s he says...meaning 60 or older? Or perhaps over 50) have lately been a problem....
airhostsforum.com/t/recent-problems-with-older-guests/6195
The host says that
I do believe that younger hosts and particularly younger women hosts are a bit more vulnerable in terms of having guests who dont' respect their authority, or who bully them or challenge them. So younger hosts and younger women hosts specifically ( actually, most hosts are female, according to AIrbnb's statistics...but most hosts are not young...makes sense as people tend to be middle aged by the time they own a home, which many hosts do...) I dont' think it's just older guests who will pick on hosts this way, but I do think there is a point to be made that older hosts (again, because they are often homeowners themselves) may be more demanding as guests. I think the parent-child dynamic can come out unconsciously, where older guests even without realizing it, may project "child" onto their host, perhaps because their own child is the host's age!
I've often found younger guests to be less picky and demanding and complaining, but then, I've also often found older guests to be more responsible and to do a better job cleaning up after themselves, as they've quite likely had more practice with this.
airhostsforum.com/t/recent-problems-with-older-guests/6195
The host says that
I’m in my 30’s but I have had that real parent/child type attitude from them, and don’t tell us what to do and don’t dare try to kick our old ass by verbally laying down the rules of your home. They subtly the last 2 bookings with an attitude of we can do what we like, your young wer’e the boss. It’s very annoying. Wet towels dropped on the ground/poor hygene/breaking house rules eg noise rules/going to the toilet alot(which I suspect are medical problems they haven’t diagnosed) just an attitude of young people are there to serve them, and they get very defensive if they feel people under-40 stand up to them. I ask myself, why bother stay with young people if that’s your attitude? Is it a feeling that they can’t get away with bullying people(middle aged people there own age) and they think young people are easy targets to put up with there nonsense?
I do believe that younger hosts and particularly younger women hosts are a bit more vulnerable in terms of having guests who dont' respect their authority, or who bully them or challenge them. So younger hosts and younger women hosts specifically ( actually, most hosts are female, according to AIrbnb's statistics...but most hosts are not young...makes sense as people tend to be middle aged by the time they own a home, which many hosts do...) I dont' think it's just older guests who will pick on hosts this way, but I do think there is a point to be made that older hosts (again, because they are often homeowners themselves) may be more demanding as guests. I think the parent-child dynamic can come out unconsciously, where older guests even without realizing it, may project "child" onto their host, perhaps because their own child is the host's age!
I've often found younger guests to be less picky and demanding and complaining, but then, I've also often found older guests to be more responsible and to do a better job cleaning up after themselves, as they've quite likely had more practice with this.