Airbnb Direct Deposit not Available in Turkey?
I have been a member of Airbnb for many years. I almost forgot I had a membership, then someone wanted to reserve my room and I cheerfully accepted. I have checked my payment history preferences and...
View ArticleAirbnb Deceptive Disclosure of Terms and Conditions
After investing a considerable amount of time reviewing the terms and conditions of host agreements with Airbnb I invested even more time in listing two vacation rental properties with them that I have...
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Airbnb Doesn’t Care About its Hosts
What a joke! Airbnb offers hosts a “house manual”, but I recently discovered that once a guest has paid, they can do, say, or wear anything they wish. I put everything in my house rules – which the...
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Airbnb “Sleepwalker” Guest Approached Me Naked
My guest, Sean, arrived with two of his friends who were in a band. They seemed like a nice group of young men, although I had mistakenly thought his party would consist of a female and two males. Had...
View ArticleWarning to Potential Airbnb Hosts
This is a slightly different story. My husband and I have managed rentals for a number of years and we were thinking about signing up for Airbnb. I got an invite to an Airbnb meet and greet in our...
View ArticleGuest Threatens Bad Review to Get Free Airbnb Stay
My guest spent his first time in Airbnb at my place and I paid someone to clean and give him the keys. He claimed that he didn’t like the place and had to pay $500 for a hotel. He clearly expected a...
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Airbnb Rejected my Claim and Lost a Good Host
I hate to admit that I have been in the real estate business at least ten years longer than the customer representative with whom I dealt has been on this earth. So I guess I shouldn’t really be...
View ArticleAirbnb Can Change Cancellation Policy Preference
I had my listing posted as having a STRICT cancellation policy, due to the fact we all know how guests can be. I did not realize that Airbnb can override these restrictions. I just had t0 give a full...
View ArticleAirbnb Turned my Vacation into Vexation
We began planning our trip from Athens to New York in late June, three months in advance. After having browsed through what was available on Airbnb we booked a nice apartment that made complete sense...
View ArticleAirbnb is for Business, not Community
After years of being an Airbnb guest and months of being a host in NYC I’ve concluded something that I long suspected but couldn’t zero in on because I’d never hosted. Airbnb is 100% for people who are...
View ArticleAirbnb Does NOT Respect Strict Cancellation Policy
My family decided to vacate the house they live in throughout the year during the summer to rent it out and help pay the bills. The property is located in southern Europe in a region that’s highly...
View ArticleAirbnb’s Little Loopholes that Screw Hosts
I have had two separate “awaiting payment” issues two days in a row. Airbnb doesn’t give you any indication that a guest’s payment may not be valid until you accept the reservation. This automatically...
View ArticleAirbnb Customer Service: Are they “Experts”?
Yet another example of how a multi-billion company is capitalizing on its customer service. So there’s an issue with a guest. After numerous referrals through the help center, I finally get to submit a...
View ArticleFirst Airbnb Cancelled my Listing, Then my Account
I hosted for four years and had over a hundred reviews, all of them positive. In the last year I expanded from one to two rooms in my New York City apartment. One day last week, one guest called me in...
View ArticleHosts Get no Protection from Airbnb
I am currently with my very first guest from Airbnb. I have been renting my two units successfully for four years but on a monthly basis, from 35 days to 8 months at the time. I had established...
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Ruining NYC: Airbnb Neighbor Nightmare
I would suggest a new category of victim for this website: Airbnb neighbor. My home and four other apartments in a small 6-unit building were all unwilling dragged into the pitfalls of the sharing...
View ArticleAirbnb Guest Stole from me
I had a guest for one night, who walked away with a few items, including: TV, air conditioner, coffee machine, toaster. I have contacted the guest on his mobile – the man who answered said he’s never...
View ArticleDoes Airbnb Protect Hosts’ Neighbors?
My neighbor is an Airbnb host, not me. I tried to contact Airbnb regarding issues and questions I had related to my neighbor’s hosting, and it’s impossible to contact them through their website without...
View ArticleDoes Airbnb Condone Prostitution in Paris?
Here is an experience that shows how Airbnb truly operates with the practice of totalitarian and dishonest methods in order to maximize its gains. The resolution center is there to give anyone that...
View ArticleAirbnb Friends Trash London Flat Again and Again
I list my place in London on Airbnb when I go out of town. Because I can’t see my guests in person, a concierge checks their IDs and releases the keys. Guests often take advantage of my absence by...
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