Comments on: Airbnb Guest Destroyed Flooring Amounting to $1,000

By: Mark Beard

Mark Beard — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:38:35 +0000

Faulty aircon. Live with the damages.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 04:22:21 +0000

I believe the problem is the guest said sh%T about theproblem.. thus there was need for the floor to get damaged?

Basically if ahh your sink leaks let’s say a gallon water on your floor everyday and you don’t get notified.. how can you fix it?

For example for me.. a guests children.. spilled a BIG GULP on top of my okay furniture and after some time the top of it had dried.. but all the big gulp was wet/drying on that furnture underneath the mat.. so now I have a dresser/furniture that has stains in it from what happens when you leave a spilled 7-11 big gulp on furniture with a covering mat on top of it..

So if the guest had noticed this? I assume maybe they would have said something and I could have dried easily.. but they didn’t or the kids didn’t give a @#% whatever.. so now I just have stains and piss-poor airbnb resolution process…

By: David Aaron

David Aaron — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:50:59 +0000

Yup. Host blaming guest and Airbnb for their faulty appliances. I have no sympathy for the host.

By: Mark Beard

Mark Beard — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 05:51:21 +0000

I am confused about liability here. Didn’t your faulty air conditioning unit cause the damage?

By: Maria Anne

Maria Anne — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:06:00 +0000

In reply to Brian Edwards. It's really discouraging to ever host again. I hope they don't delay the check for that long since these damages usually get more problematic over time.

By: Maria Anne

Maria Anne — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:02:17 +0000

In reply to Jan. I will let you guys know once I get a hold of the check! Too bad I can't post photos here but I'm really trying to be optimistic about this. Will update once I get it.

By: Brian Edwards

Brian Edwards — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:01:26 +0000

Like Jan says I wouldnt count on a successful outcome until the cheque arrives. Am still waiting after 4 weeks for a 12 day hosting of $1000. Lucky even to get an email response from my dealings with them.

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:10:30 +0000

Your story sounds too good to be true and I HOPE you are one of the LUCKY ones that Airbnb works with. So far they have PROVEN to NOT work with any other hosts (even with PROPER documentation & blatant damages from said guests) and knowing how they operate you are VERY lucky that they agreed to pay for damages caused from an a/c unit puddling on the floor- get that money and RUN as fast as you can!

Please give us an update and let us all know if that check ever arrives –
Thanks!