I take offense too. It is incredibly rude to suggest all Americans are one way.
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I appreciate the non-Americans sticking up for the Americans here, though Iād like to add another perspective. I normally donāt like to stereotype anyone based on nationality, but given my countryās behavior in global politics, I donāt mind. Is anyone familiar with the concept of āpunching upā?
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Stupid entitled people could come from anywhere. I just had a former host who failed to read the location, even though itās in the title of the room, and failed to read the check in window despite planning a journey which arrives at night. She wasnāt at all capable of even trying to calculate public transport times.
She then proceeded to try to bully me into cancelling 3 times, I refused of course. Now she has agreed to arrive by taxi to speed things up, but I can feel a stealth review from hell coming on.
Maybe to avoid all the pointless finger wagging from the peanut gallery I should have added the qualifier: *in my experience hosting so far, all Americansā¦ Would that then suffice to avoid offending you?
Youāre lucky then, Iāve experience entirely the opposite. Incapable, whinny, entitled.
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Well, I hate nationalist stereotyping and I also hate people who take offense at it, so I guess that covers almost everyone ā¦ except for jamjerrup
Brilliant!
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Itās not rude if itās the truth of my personal experience. Wish it wasnāt, unfortunately it has been.
You got it ;). South Beach
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As an Australian hosting in Ireland, my US guests are the best and worst guest experiences i have had. Most are friendly and lovely, but i had the guest from hell this year who got lost for 90 mins? In a tiny town and blamed me when she had no phone. 50 year old from PE. She was without a doubt the worst experience of my whole working life. So entitled. I had them cancelled as she tried to insinuate that the heating was off when her husband had a huge domestic and yelled at her for being a b#tch. My best friend is from the US so I am not someone who normally generalises but there are a lot of guests coming to Ireland from there who just expect everything including address formats to be like home, now I put it into the listing details to please follow directions or call as I am not a mind reader.
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I had a wonderful message exchange yesterday with an American 1st grade teacher & her mother ( mother & daughter on vacay together is also another huge warning sign in my experienceā¦ but that another topic for the peanut gallery to take offense to) - telling me āwe see your calendar is clear for the next two days, so weāll be checking out after 11am as weāll be attending brunch in the morningā. My check out time is 10, and I told her there was no possibility of a late check out without paying a $25 late check out fee & having the maid consent to changing her schedule. When I reminder her of this, she replied - āIām not paying an arbitrary $25 fee. Next time iāll be staying in an apartment we stayed previously with a host who was more accommodating.ā This is exactly the entitled bullshit I deal with from Americans all the time.
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There is a woman staying in my town going from Airbnb to Airbnb. Despite multiple reviews complaining about her, other hosts are still getting thumbs up and good reviews. I cancelled her IB with me and blocked her after seeing her reviews. Sheās already stayed with at least 25 different hosts in town over the last 2-3 months but there are several hundred more to go.
Thereās always a more accomodating host.
How do you block someone?
I feel like I post this every other day. (sorry, not mad at you, just wondering how I can get this information out more effectively)
You go to report under their profile. You can do this after they have stayed, contacted you, inquired or instant booked. Click āreportā and then for reasons click āsomething else.ā Then it will give you the option to block them. Note: There have been times when it didnāt give me this option. I had to wait and try again later. Also if you change your mind for any reason you can unblock later. I did this for a guy who stayed and then complained about his review and I didnāt want to talk to him anymore. I also did it after I cancelled an IB. The woman is hanging around town and I donāt want her to try booking with me again. I also done it to a woman who has stayed here 4 times and I donāt want to host her again.
Thank you, I knew about reporting, which Iāve done but never saw a way to block a user. Sorry for repeating this question but I got all 
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I think you only get the option if you click āsomething else.ā And I can understand wanting to be careful what you click in case you canāt go back.
@KKC - If you are asked how to block a user all the time, you could create a template phrase and paste it at the bottom of your posts whenever you mention āblockingā someone. For instance:
How to block unwanted contact = Go to the userās profile and click on āReportā under the photo. Select a reason from the dropdown menu or click āsomething elseā. It will give you the option to āblockā that user from contacting you. If that option does not appear, try again later. It is also possible to unblock a previously applied block.
[Just sitting in my hotel room with a lot of time on my hands.]
I know, or keep typing it out. That may be faster than finding where I have it pasted. Then they will change it and people will try what I advised and then come back and tell me that it didnāt work and then Iāll go look for myself and see if I can find the new location and then Iāll come back and ā¦
Anyway. I, too, have too much time on my hands at times.
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I so promise not to tell it didnāt work dear kind karmaš
LOL. I need to know if it doesnāt work as I use it too.
Lovely lady!?! I think that the main issue is partly cultural, in the US a generation grew up hearing that the customer is always right. They expect service because of the tip culture also. I hear so many complaints here in Ireland from businesses that find that generation of tourist pushy and loud. The Irish will not complain readily even if something is wrong, but they will give it mileage after to whoever will listen! In Australia, we donāt really have a tip culture outside restaurants, pay for workers is better and ultimately we donāt like anyone who is rude, even if they are a customer. It is called the tall poppy syndrome, donāt get too full of yourself and you will be treated fine. My young visitors from the US are a dream, they follow instructions, are so appreciative and friendly to boot. It is a shame I canāt market to the 18-35 exclusively I think to myself at times!
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