Comments on: Host Changed House Rules, Airbnb Won’t Provide Refund

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 21:53:34 +0000

1. The house rules in place at the time of booking are the ones that Airbnb sends to you. Those same rules are also copied into your reservation info that you can see when you login. Airbnb does this specifically so that the host can’t change the rules after you book.

2. You can’t just rent a space and do whatever you want in it. Commercial use of a rental (your massage therapy business) always requires consent of the property owner, which always involves renegotiating rates for commercial use. This mostly has to do with insurance and since you are a business owner that runs a business out of your own home, you should already be aware of it. If not, you may find that your own homeowner’s policy is actually void because you didn’t notify your insurer of the commercial use from your home-based massage therapy business.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:12:39 +0000

Trying to use an Airbnb as your place of business is probably a violation of the TOS. Also, out yourself in the host’s shoes; what if someone rented rooms in your place and wanted to film a movie or invite strangers in all day long? That’s not cool.

By: A

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 17:37:20 +0000

Do you have any idea quite how rude it is, to presume you can bring massage clients into someone’s property without permission? A Airbnb booking is a short term rental covering booked guests. If goes without saying that you would need to ok any random guests which probably invalidates the insurance. It’s crazy and entitled to think you can pay a rent but set up shop somewhere! -#getarealitycheck