Comments on: Racism from a Superhost over Airbnb Cancellation https://www.airbnbhell.com/racism-from-a-superhost-over-airbnb-cancellation/ Uncensored Airbnb Stories from Hosts & Guests Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Angela Alexander Lloyd https://www.airbnbhell.com/racism-from-a-superhost-over-airbnb-cancellation/comment-page-1/#comment-35122 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:20:35 +0000 https://www.airbnbhell.com/racism-from-a-superhost-on-airbnb/#comment-35122 Hi, these are very emotional times for everyone and it is fear that is driving normally rational people to behave out of the norm to protect themselves from the threat of the virus. The host does have a point about yo travelling, the virus does not spread by it self it is spread by people. Why don’t you cut them some slack call Airbnb and get them to cancel the reservation and find another host that would be happy to host you? We all need to show a little more understanding and compassion without adding any further fuel to an emotionally combustable situation. They are frightened they will get ill, you are not welcome, find someone who is willing to take the risk of a traveller coming into their home. Best x

]]> By: James https://www.airbnbhell.com/racism-from-a-superhost-over-airbnb-cancellation/comment-page-1/#comment-35116 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:14:50 +0000 https://www.airbnbhell.com/racism-from-a-superhost-on-airbnb/#comment-35116 You quoted the host a lot, but absolutely nothing you quoted proves that the host was being racist. Simply saying that if you are traveling from China, there is a quarantine is not necessarily racist, and the host could simply be uncomfortable with anyone that has been doing a lot of traveling as you apparently have. Where does your profile say that you live, Germany? That’s not any better than China right now.

Note that you do not have to cancel, all you have to do is contact customer service and have them read the communication with the host. Hopefully, those messages are through Airbnb’s message system and not via text or WhatApp, etc. You are correct that it is the host’s responsibility to cancel and he knows it. This host genuinely deserves to lose his Superhost status for attempting to make you pay for his decision.

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