I do not condone such destructive behaviour at all but this is the risk you take when welcoming strangers into your premises. I’ve seen how much money one can make off of AirBnB, so then I think you can also take out special insurance for these sorts of circumstances; if you then end up with fairly little actual profit or you need to raise your prices, welcome to running an actual hotel! I think most AirBnB hosts are trying to make a quick buck (I wonder how many report their earnings to the tax office!?!) but there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

When people are letting out to tenants on a longer term basis, they often scan the tenants by talking to previous lettings agents/land lords, asking for a deposit (6 weeks’ rent) and will sign contracts protecting the owner from damages by the tenant. You don’t have that with AirBnB so you risk becoming the victim of bad people.

Hotels are expensive because they have to take out special insurances, licenses and have professional staff. You now know why this is important.