Just a late thought on this . Does anyone Google the name of their guest after getting the reservation ? It just might show if there are any Red Flags about the Guest . It can also help to show that the information provided about the Guest is Matched by what you find online .
I keep in mind that to me , Airbnb is a simple Tool . That ultimately , I am allowing these individuals into my private Home , so its up to me to vet as best as possible each guest . I do have a security system in the house along with the Camera-Doorbell . While there is no way to prove it , I believe it is and can be a deterrent to anyone looking to Target my Property . I Refuse to post a picture of my Front door or Building . Lets not forget that we are showing a lot of our Homes in our Listings . The old school method of Chatting up any potential guests with friendly yet probing questions works well to filter out Guests that are not a good match for your property and also any crazy ones too ! Just my 2 Cents worth .
BTW , is a DUI a Felony ? Iām not sure if it varies from state to state .
In my state, the first DUI arrest is a misdemeanor, if guilty you spend 2 weekends in a halfway house and attend alcohol information classes while there; license is suspended a minimum of 30 days, max of 90 days. Second arrest is a felony; 1 year in jail and 5 year license revocation. Third arrest is a felony, five years in jail and a lifetime license revocation. If a DUI results in death, impaired driver can be charged with second degree murder.
Here are some deets as of 2018 on the finer points of AirBNBās background checks:
In conversations with Quartz, via phone and email, the company clarified some of the details of its policy. The general rules, for both renters and hosts, are as follows:
- A conviction for murder, rape, terrorism or child molestation results in a permanent ban from the platform.
- If a person is on a sex offender registry they are banned as well.
- Less serious crimes, as Airbnb defines them, such as felony burglary or felony larceny, result in a ban of 14 years from the date of conviction.
- Even lesser offenses, such as fraud or property damage, get you banned for seven years from the date of conviction.
- In case of minor offenses, including marijuana possession or disorderly conduct, Airbnb does not ban users at all.
- The company does not do background checks globally. Outside the US, renters and hosts are checked against financial sanctions and terrorism watchlists.
- Itās not clear how parole and probation figure into these policies. Shapiro said the two forms of supervision āare all part of our evolving thinking on this.ā
The company used āthe US federal sentencing guidelines to help us create this policy ranking the seriousness of crimes overlaid with the particulars of Airbnb (for example physical violence crime convictions are more problematic than drug offenses) to determine the removal timeline for each individual offense,ā [Nick Shapiro, Airbnbās global head of trust and risk management,] said in an email.
From:
Quartz: Airbnb is grappling with how to treat people with criminal convictions
I am not surprised.
What I experienced is that anyone can create an account over and over again.
Hosts can do it and guests can do it easily.
People do fake IDs very easily. Some guests and hosts only have 2 verifications. An email is verification ? ? Anyone can create 20 new emails within minutes. Phone number??
Itās easy to get a prepaid phone with brand new number.
After one of my guests robbed another guest in my house, using kitchen knife to cut luggage u can see itās very easy to just create another account.
After that she changed her name. I am sure got another fake ID.
Its not easy to get hundreds of 5 star reviews over years and years though. For guests, I feel like at this point, I pretty much have to accept most guests even with new accounts and zero reviews. There are so many people who book my place and are first time Airbnb users. Airbnb is really putting the risk all on the host.
Go on some guest oriented forums and you will see that they feel the risk on the guest. You give Airbnb your money, get to a terrible rental that is nothing like the listing, they have hidden cameras, hosts steal from them, hosts sexually harrass them, you canāt access the listing and the host is impossible to reach, you call Airbnb they donāt help and then you have to fight to get your money back.
I have lots of first timers and they are generally lovely. Theyāre eager to please in order to get their first review.
As for the risk on the host, thereās risk in any business. Life isnāt sanitised and super-safe.
Probably true to some extent. Airbnb is accepting no risks or liabilities. They put it on the host or guest.
Oh dear. Marijuana is legal in Canada. Halt the country has been bad! 
I had a guest with 60 positive reviews make a 4 day nonstop meal of harassing me. I was quite Ill at the the time. He ended up grabbing my leg etc. Bottom line is that you never really know who is coming through the door. Curiously, my best protection is other guests.
Iām newā¦ You can request govāt photo id when someone requests a booking?
You should really stop dredging up 3 year old threads with 91 posts to ask a question on, which doesnāt even relate to the thread topic. The mods keep locking the threads every time you do this.
Just start a new topic post if you have a question you canāt find the answer to.
Iām curious whether you had their names and address(-es) from Airbnb or whether it was your procedure to get their ID.