I wouldn’t stress. If people say there will be an extra guest I send them a change request. If they say there may be an extra guest but not sure I say they can pay cash when they get here.
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The issue is having an “offline” unregistered guest. If there are issues like.damage or fall.down the stairs, they won’t exist to Airbnb and it is a violation of the TOS. There are issues with local laws too.
Amazon has a local store here and they don’t take cash! Having worked retail, it would be great no to worry about cash shortages, robbery, and a daily accounting and deposit. A host would complicate their paperwork and taxes taking cash, not that it would be recorded at.
Once a guest has made a cash offer via the Airbnb messaging system, the host pretty much needs to warn them in writing.
If you feel the need to do it that way then go ahead. A guest paying cash for an extra guest they haven’t booked but told me might come is not in my list of “100 biggest problems that keep me up at night”.
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