airbnb cancellation in error Archives - Airbnb Hell https://www.airbnbhell.com/tag/airbnb-cancellation-in-error/ Uncensored Airbnb Stories from Hosts & Guests Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:38:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.airbnbhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Airbnb-Hell-Icon-200x200-150x150.jpg airbnb cancellation in error Archives - Airbnb Hell https://www.airbnbhell.com/tag/airbnb-cancellation-in-error/ 32 32 My Case was Closed Before the Case was Closed https://www.airbnbhell.com/case-closed-case-closed/ https://www.airbnbhell.com/case-closed-case-closed/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:25:27 +0000 http://www.airbnbhell.com/case-closed-wtf/ I booked a place in Cusco, Peru that only said it accepted up to two people. When a friend decided to join us, I had to cancel and find a new place. However, upon contacting the host, she confirmed we could have three people; I rebooked the same place for the same time. Airbnb refunded […]

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]]> I booked a place in Cusco, Peru that only said it accepted up to two people. When a friend decided to join us, I had to cancel and find a new place. However, upon contacting the host, she confirmed we could have three people; I rebooked the same place for the same time. Airbnb refunded $229 of the $401 fee but hasn’t refunded the cancellation portion of the fee ($172) of the first reservation that was placed in error. I am now staying at the same place for the same dates and have overpaid by $172.

Now let’s discuss Airbnb’s Customer Service or lack thereof. I contacted them to explain what had happened and the agent claimed she would try and contact the host to resolve the situation. The whole issue happened because the Airbnb system won’t allow for the correction of a cancellation made in error and they force you to rebook and pay again. Anyway, the agent wasn’t able to reach the host and I received a followup email asking if the case was resolved. I had one week to reply or the case would be closed. I did reply (three times) and finally after a few days, Airbnb sent me an email stating the case has been closed and I could resubmit to open a new case.

What just happened? There are now several other companies that do the same service as Airbnb (Hometogo for example) so I guess I’ll be looking elsewhere for my next vacation booking.

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