I made a reservation on Airbnb for a bedroom with a private bathroom and paid the full amount on November 23, 2019 to stay December 5-8, 2019. On the check-in day, December 5th, the host emailed me to change my bedroom with a private bathroom to a shared bathroom at 3:00 AM in my timezone. I didn’t check my email until a few hours before the check-in time. I never expected a change in the reservation on the check-in day.
I insisted to the host that I still wanted the bedroom with private bathroom which I reserved and had paid for since November 23rd. The host replied that he already sent me an email about the change. However, he did not clarify on compensating me for the difference between a private bathroom and a shared bathroom. The only thing he replied was that he could cancel my reservation if I wanted.
On the check-in day at 10:00 PM at night, if an Airbnb guest cancels his reservation that he made on November 23rd, where can the guest stay that late at night? Why should I deal with this host and this situation? It was a very bad experience for using Airbnb for the first time in Vancouver.
You might want to read this article on a similar AirBnB scam. Apparently there are hosts doing this to screw people out of their money, and they always change the reservation at the very last minute. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43k7z3/nationwide-fake-host-scam-on-airbnb
People should use hotels. Don’t use Airrbnb ever.
As far as I know an AirBnB host can not make any change to your reservation without your approval. Did you contact CS ?