Comments on: Airbnb is a Scam to Guests as well as Hosts

By: Caroline Anderson

Caroline Anderson — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:01:27 +0000

In reply to James.

Whoa. Steady on James. Pretty rude – extrapolating from one instance and calling them a “bad host”. Nasty!

By: James

James — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:31:17 +0000

I’ll be blunt.

Relying on Airbnb as a primary source of income, or expecting it to cover 100% of the costs of a rental property is very short-sighted. You are obviously doing this because otherwise, you wouldn’t plead with Airbnb about one lost reservation.

Not reading the terms of service and understanding the Extenuating Circumstances override for cancellation policy is naive at best. At worse, it’s the sign of a bad host (i.e. what other things are you doing wrong because you didn’t read all of the terms?).

By: Corrie Adams

Corrie Adams — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:20:51 +0000

Airbnb is a joke. I was a host for almost a year with many happy customers and a five star rating until I received the tenant from hell. The first thing that was troubling is I learned the guest was 17. He called me to tell me someone had gone into the house. I asked him to call the police. He kept calling me and then threatened me. I contacted Airbnb to tell them this guy probably is too young to be renting. He then called me again saying someone was in the house, so I informed him I was sending the police. At that moment, he left. I found a meth pipe and many drugs in the house due to his quick departure. Isabella, an employee removed me from the site, and cancelled by three other reservations without listening to my story. The guest had a rap sheet a mile long in Galveston, TX. This site does not even verify who these people are. It’s almost scary

By: Howard Luken

Howard Luken — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:21:49 +0000

Welcome to the club. They are just like the court system they take the money and use it interest-free for as long as they want. So they actually make a profit on refunding money. Trust me you will get kicked off soon just for contacting them. I had so many problems doing Airbnb this past summer that their computer just identifies anyone that isn’t a perfect 5 in the reviews and off you go.