Comments on: Host Canceled One Week Before Halloween Trip https://www.airbnbhell.com/host-canceled-one-week-halloween-trip/ Uncensored Airbnb Stories from Hosts & Guests Sun, 30 Apr 2017 01:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Robin Shannon https://www.airbnbhell.com/host-canceled-one-week-halloween-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-16937 Sun, 30 Apr 2017 01:39:10 +0000 http://www.airbnbhell.com/host-canceled-1-week-before-trip/#comment-16937 Ok, lets just get this straight. If an Airbnb hosts cancels a guest reservation, this is what happens.
1/. That host will be penalised $50 if the hosting is to take place more than 7 days forward. Less than 7 days ahead the host will be penalised $100.
2/. The hosts booking calendar will be blocked for the dates that relate to that booking and no alternate hosting can be accepted for those dates.
3/. An automated posting will be put on the hosts review page stating that the host cancelled a confirmed reservation.
4/. The host will loose Superhost status if they have it and the benefits that go with that, or will not be eligible for super host status for a period of one year from the date of the cancellation.

These penalties are severe and always enforced unless there is some exceptional circumstance.
‘Clap-trap’ like this lead post infuriates me. I am a Superhost and do everything in my power to ensure that every guest has a great experience, as do almost all other hosts. There are almost 1 million Airbnb hosts around the world with over 2 million listings and the number of problem issues on a day to day basis amount to less than 1%
It is unfortunate when an experience like this happens, and I hope a resolution was forthcoming. But to tar all hosts and the company with the same brush is not just a ridiculous statement, it does incredible harm to something may of us are proud of!
Rant over!
Cheers……Rob

]]> By: David Aaron https://www.airbnbhell.com/host-canceled-one-week-halloween-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-16928 Sat, 29 Apr 2017 03:33:12 +0000 http://www.airbnbhell.com/host-canceled-1-week-before-trip/#comment-16928 To clarify. A host IS penalized if they cancel a booking. Financialy and the dates are blocked. There are obvious a lot of elements here you are not mentioning so I find your tirade questionable. Did they offer you a credit?

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