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“K spent some time at The Manor for a mountain getaway. He and his friends absolutely destroyed the house. Do not host this group.”
The other reviews are nice but 3 years old.
In my reply to his request, I wrote: You know, I often accept guests with zero reviews, but you might need to explain this hosts statement about you.
I might decline, ‘uncomfortable with this guest’.
He wants to come with gf, probably nothing crazy compared to that huge house that hosts 12. I also will change the date to 2 night minimum as I am opening the following day.
Gypsy’s place only has room for two. The place that was trashed was for 12. He may not have been the one that trashed it. Then again I’d love to turn him down. There need to be consequences for undesirable behavior. Save the place for guests who will treat the place with respect.
I’m surprised you didn’t simply decline it as soon as it arrived. The fact he was party to () another hosts place getting trashed is enough, irrespective of who did the damage.
I have never had a guest book with a review that bad, I am on IB with no requirements, no ID no reviews no nothing. I did get a guest who clearly pissed off a host in France, bothered the neighbors somehow.
When they arrived I saw them and said hello. Oh and by the way, whatever you did in France don;'t do that here. They looked at each other like oh no… They were great guests and earned a good review from me.
Yes, decline. But also glad you made it two night minimum. I think that’s extremely important to keep the parties out. It’s not 100%, but it deters enough.
Absolutely. And I know this is a host forum but I know there are bad hosts and I don’t doubt that some of them post here. Hosts who say “my account was suspended and I have no idea why” may or may not be telling the truth. Hosts who say “I’m great, I have 500 5 star reviews” may also be lying.
Yep, there are lying, scamming, or overly fussy hosts, just as there are guests. If I see a bad review, for either a host or a guest, I cross reference to see if that person has a history of leaving those kinds of reviews. As long as there are an ample number of reviews to get an idea, you can usually tell who is telling the truth.
A host who has upwards of 40 reviews and has reviewed all but one guest nicely isn’t likely to be making anything up or exaggerating.
I had a lovely guest who told me she got a bad review from a host who complained that the guest overused the kitchen. Yet the host advertised full kitchen use without restrictions. My guest said “Why didn’t she just say something at the time? If she felt I was in the kitchen too much, and wanted me to only use it at certain times, I would have respected that. Instead she slammed me in the review.”
I think some hosts, particularly home-share hosts, refrain from just straightforwardly telling guests if they are doing something annoying, either because they shy away from confronting things head-on or are terrified of a bad review, then trash the guest in the review, which to me is really unfair to the guest and cowardly.
If hosts want to be given the opportunity to correct something the guest finds amiss, they have to be willing to afford guests the same respect.
Our 1st year we had one night anytime. Now we have one night Mon-Thurs. We are just starting up again and have 20% one nighters so far.
We just got a notice from our power company they are shutting power off here right when guest is here… 9pm to 5am.
) another hosts place getting trashed is enough, irrespective of who did the damage.
