Comments on: Airbnb’s Little Loopholes that Screw Hosts

By: Crow

Crow — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 10:38:01 +0000

lysnns – You do realize it doesn’t charge until it’s accepted by the host, right?

By: lysnns

lysnns — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:55:52 +0000

Alex B – who are you? As far as I know, Airbnb doesn’t have a courtesy 24 hour hold feature for creditless would-be guests. This seems to penalize the host when most other sites I’ve used – expedia, for example, charge your card immediately and tell you immediately if your card is no good. No card working = no pending reservation. Don’t book unless you can afford it with accurate credit card information. It seems fraudulent to use non-working cc info to attempt to book.

It sound like you’re a “taker” and abusing the time of hosts.

By: Alex B

Alex B — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:24:48 +0000

And it’s a damn good policy. 24hrs won’t break you and it’s fair to allow the guest some time to arrange things. You don’t like the policy? Find something else to do