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Post by High Priestess on Oct 4, 2016 2:45:50 GMT
A guest stayed in an Airbnb listing in a bad neighborhood where cars were frequently broken into, and then sought a refund from AIrbnb. www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/sc-airbnb-bad-neighborhood-refund-travel-1004-20160927-story.htmlI think hosts have an obligation to guests to disclose the notable features of their neighborhood, including any safety issues or common crime issues or concerns.It's not clear if this was done in this case or not. It seems to me that if Airbnb is going to give refunds to guests because the listing was in a "bad neighborhood", then some hosts will become disqualified by their neighborhood, and hosts may also start accusing Airbnb of discrimination. |
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Post by Mabel on Oct 4, 2016 15:52:19 GMT
The crime map mentioned in the article; maps.nyc.gov/crime/ actually color-codes their various levels of neighborhood crime rates with a gradation of flesh tones from most pale to darkest. Hilarious. I'm sure this was unintentional but noticeable none the less. |
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Post by High Priestess on Oct 4, 2016 16:18:01 GMT
The crime map mentioned in the article; maps.nyc.gov/crime/ actually color-codes their various levels of neighborhood crime rates with a gradation of flesh tones from most pale to darkest. Hilarious. I'm sure this was unintentional but noticeable none the less. THat is extremely ironic, Grace!! Thank you for pointing that out. Of all the types of color coding that the developers of the software could have used to indicate crime, how very ironic that they should use flesh tones, such that the safest areas are the "whitest" and the areas with the most crime are the darker shades of brown. I mean, they could have used green to indicate safer areas, red to indicate areas with more crime, yellow and orange for those areas in between. OR blue or purple or anything. |
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Post by keith on Oct 9, 2016 23:14:20 GMT
In my welcome packet I send guests upon booking I have an entire section on now bringing a car and there is no parking and if you bring a car, best of luck to you.
Still many people ask about parking.. I say find some and read the street signs... or better yet, return your car and go pick up a new one the day you're leaving. The car is useless to you here.. you don't want to drive to any of the touristy places and try to park, you'll spend your whole vacation in traffic.
My neighborhood is relatively safe, but if anything is visible through a window, your car WILL be broken into. One of my roommates had his convertible soft-top cut open because he left a maria carey CD on his seat.
A few guests have had their cars broken into. None blamed me although I felt bad for them.
I think IN LA a car is helpful.. in NY or SF or London or Paris, use public transit or a car service--or walk--you're on vacation!
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Post by helgaparis on Oct 16, 2016 17:42:17 GMT
In towns or big cities, a host could never guarantee safety. Your street may be safe and two streets on not so. You can't know how far away guests park. How would you disclose every danger and still get bookings?
If the guest pays 3000 a month for his house, can't he pay a garage place too? Or take Uber?
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Post by cc on Oct 16, 2016 19:32:00 GMT
My guests ask me if I guarantee safety. I say no. President Obama doesn't.
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