We had a month long stay at our rental in the CA desert, two weeks in the renter asked for extra cleaning, every Friday for the remaining 2 weeks of her stay, so 2 additional cleaning at $180 each. I tell her the price, she agrees, and we agree she will pay via the resolution center ‘request for money’ option. Great, set up the cleaning send the request for money, she doesn’t pay or even acknowledges the request. Guest is not the best communicator, and I just let it go bc I was busy with our other properties.
Cleaning number 2 happens, because she has not even acknowledged the request for money I can not cancel the initial request or update the dollar amount. FINE, I will just go through the resolution center when she checks out, bc I have Invoices from the cleaners, as well as the guests’ agreement in Air BNB messages, what can go wrong. Guest checks out, and I open the resolution center case for $360 for the two cleanings, thinking this is really a non- issue. Well, my dear Forum Friends… two months later I was just paid out $200 of the $360 and ABB saying sorry not our problem and this is a courtsey payment.
Moral of the story, if you offer extra services get paid in advance in CASH and guests are sneaky little bastards