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I think the OP was referring to Airbnb’s definition of an emergency. Yes call 911 if there is a life or death situation. If there is a douche peeing without closing the door and bringing hookups home, then that warrants a call to them no matter what the time.
I also agree with Mags. You cannot let these people rule your roost. Just who is paying the mortgage here? You can’t let them get away with a single bit of disrespect. No, not at all… ask @Yana!!!
Keep the Airbnb number on speed dial. I actually have memorized the San Francisco number!
#1. I often wonder why I come home from teaching all day and proceed to become an obsequious dishwasher, when I have two grown sons sitting around not doing dishes and rather, enjoying the holiday season by not having to work or go to school.
Don’t worry sorry yeah I am on call to airbnb!
It’s fine, I asked him or told him he needs to ask me to use the living room and shut the bathroom door, nevermind bringing in uninvited guests. Got airbnb and now I understand the process. I was concerned that he hadn’t violated anything by bringing in anybody just for a short period, but he has and so that’s enough.
5 hours sleep then to resolve it in 30 mins and get to work !!
To be honest, I wouldn’t mind if a guest invites someone unknown. I wouldn’t assume, but I know guests of that age would invite someone from Tinder or any online dating and hook-up apps. For the sake of security and safety, I’ll take precaution and establish a rule in lieu of this by declaring their intention of inviting someone. That’s what we did when one of our guests before invited someone from Grindr.
With regards to the attitude, respect begets respect. If being abrupt makes one uncomfortable then take action by canceling their remaining stay and refunding.
Well I don’t like it. Who are they? Unknown to us!
When it happened to me, I was creeped and freaked. A party girl brought people over she met at a bar or beach, This local dude now knows where I live, what I owned, what my set up is… all of it.
not okay, not cool.
Also, I had to leave a bad review of the guest. Was he going to return at a later date and retaliate?
Hook up somehwere else. Not at someone’s personal home, their sanctuary.
Resolved. Refund of three days that were remaining after 24 hours and an explanation as to why it needs to happen and the best course of action. Shook hands. Concern about reviews etc and I said that having resolved it as well as he had this morning, that I could say he had been ultimately been respectful. We got on alright but it was just edging far too near that line too often.
Thanks for all your help !! It was great to talk and get feedback.
I’m hoping that by now (8 am UK) this has been resolved by Airbnb for you and you’re off to work. Now you have to take action to prevent anything like this happening again, and I so agree with Mags about the Big Hosting Bollox Development Programme! As soon as you can, sit down and review your House Rules. Also, have a look at those of the more experienced hosts on here who share their homes. I state firmly that no unregistered guests are allowed to stay overnight; apart from anything, they are using your facilities without paying you! I am lucky enough to have a separate dining/reception room available for guests to use, which you may not have, nor do I have to go out to work, so I know who is here/gets up and out. I am clear in my HRs that our private space is not for guests, with something like “Please respect our privacy and that of your fellow guests who may be staying, by not wandering into private spaces.” Nor do I let guests use my kitchen. They have their own fridge, kettle and tea/coffee/fresh milk supplies provided. No balls (yet…) but I hardened up after coming home at 12.15 am to find a young man with an unregistered guest in OUR sitting room, stroking her naked foot on OUR sofa. All pre-planned before he arrived that evening. Good luck; you’ll get there!
I do hope you leave him an honest review. It doesn’t matter if he was ‘ultimately respectful’. You need to let other hosts know he is using his mothers account was disrespectful in his behaviour and that you had to ask him to leave.
Before you get rid of him, have a conversation with this boy.
Why was he using the living room? Did I they watch TV in there , because there is no TV in his room? That was number one reason why I put TVs in rooms. I didn’t want guest’s to hang out in my living room. Situation improves 100% after you glue them to TVs.
But anyway, you can comfortably tell him that living room is yours . He rented a room
, not the whole house . With dishes it’s unfortunately can be a lost cause. I had so many guests just not wash dishes after themselves . Now I have a very lightely autistic boy and he doesn’t even put dishes in dishwasher.
I have 2 long term guests and they understand his condition but they are such nice people that they clean after him.
About bringing girls: that’s an absolute NO. I had this happen too once and I told the guy if I see it one more time, he is gone.
You never know but he might appologise and change his ways. I had not one guest after he/ she was told behave perfectly from then on
Forget 3rd party bookings! I don’t accept them, especially when a mom makes a reservation for her son. If he’s not responsible enough to open his own account and make a reservation then how do I know he’s responsible enough to read and follow my house rules? If mom wants to pay for some reason she can give him the $$ outside Airbnb.
Thank you !! Thank you !! Yes a TV is what is needed. That will solve the problem by a massive degree… The only problem is that a functional TV (with input either by aerial or internet functional etc) is likely to be not cheap and around 10 x the current nightly rate. I was thinking of a decent screen, wall-mounted with Chromecast, so not needing a signal but can stream any guest’s own content.
We had got on and honestly I think the guest did in a way mean well. It was clear though, that he knew he had not behaved as well as he should, but wanted to know why this did not work when he had had similar freedom in other airbnbs.
Really I want to say any person that I could reach to discuss the situation at that point was a fabulous help!
It’s been a personally slightly manic and full on last few days and that I think was why the stay had been niggling so so much. I would definitely look to add anything that was practically contributing towards a greater understanding and use of airbnb, especially from a POV as host.
I hadn’t anticipated the problem of accountability as realistically as I did in taking in a non-account holder.
Even so it’s only 10 days worth of rent. Necessary investment .
That’s just human nature : to see what they can get away with. Guests will act how you let them.
