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I currently have a guest who is also a host. This is my first guest that has a listing of their own.
So far he has been my favourite guest and we have had long conversations about hosting. Such as where we buy things. How we deal with things and just general advice.
He follows all the rules and basically treats the place very well.
I was wondering what your experiences of hosts vs guests staying with you?
Do they make better guests because they also host?
Have had a few hosts stay as guests and yes, they make great guests so far as they āgetā it!
We have had a few hosts stay. One did a full cleaning before leaving and left a nice card.
Iāve had a few and unfortunately, with two notable exceptions, they were among my worst guests! Maybe they thought my place wasnāt as good as theirs, they were pretty snooty 
And one kept badgering me for a discount.
My experience too! It didnāt help that I got a bad case of low self esteem when I peeked at their listing and saw all the granite and stainless steel! One recent guest had two cancellations as a host and I considered declining. But was glad I didnāt as they turned out to be really great. Yah just never know about people!
I hosted some hosts two weeks ago. They were in their late 50s/early 60s. They said they wanted to stay for a family party in the neighbor town and there is nothing left to rent. While booking they explained that it would be so nice to let them stay for only one night because they know how much work it is. Some days after booking they gave me a call and asked if it was okay to bring two more people, they would pay cash. I agreed.
On check-in day only one person arrived. She didnāt knock or ring she just entered the apartment. I found her accidentally while she was carrying her stuff inside. I asked if she wants to see the rest of the house or the kitchen and she said no, she just wants to pick up the key. Then she left and joined the other guests at the party. They returned late so I didnāt see them.
Next morning I looked out the window and saw them packing their bags into the cars. I went down to welcome them, offered some coffee and asked them if they want to have breakfast. They declined. I talked some words with them about hosting. They said something like āyour house is at the end of the worldā, āhard to drive there when itās darkā, āusually there should be a kitchen in the apartmentā, "At our placeā¦"
My listing makes quite clear what to expect.
They wrote a nice review but rated 4* and 3* only. In their personal feedback they complained.
I donāt know what to think. Maybe they wanted to make clear that they like their place most. Itās in their personality and has nothing to do with hosts per se.
I learned that I will never accept guests again that actually donāt want to stay at my place first but just need to stay somewhere.
Iāve only had one other host stay with me and they rent out vintage travel trailers near a national park, nothing like my listing. They also worked with animals, heās a retired vet and she is a retired groomer. So we had a lot in common and I enjoyed their visit but they werenāt any better than anyone else. I guess Iāve just had exceptionally good guests.
I would not have agreed to more people, cash or not. They were already changing the terms, red flag I think.
Youāre right.
I wanted to do them a favor. It was not about money - I charge ā¬5 per extra person.
Iāve only had one host book - they arrived while I was out, rummaged through the room then sent me a message saying they couldnāt possibly stay as I have pets and the partner had allergies. Not sure how they missed it in the listing as it is all there. I sent them two very nice messages trying to end it all well and they didnāt bother replyingā¦oh well!
Being a host you would expect them to look through the amenities and see that pets are listed. How long did they book? Did they cancel it?
How bloody rude! Unbelievable. Please tell me you gave them the damning review that they deserve.
@Paul_Janaway Iāve actually already posted the story previously - they called AirBnB who refunded them but didnāt penalise me. They were Superhosts and I was not at that stage, not sure if that made any difference?! AirBnB said I had added pets to my listing AFTER these guys booked, it just wasnāt true but I had no way of proving it ā¦ thereās also a huge delay on the phone line whenever I talk to Air and we kept talking over each other and it all just got too hard so I let it go and just put it down to experience. But it definitely stung more because they were hostsā¦not laypeople!
Hmm that sucks
That really sucks! Did you sign anything saying you wouldnāt tell anyone in a public forum who they are? LOL. I want to make sure I never book with them.
That is not enough. I think these stuck up hosts took advantage of you!
I regret not doing it. They were strange but I donāt need to make friends with every guest and as there was nothing to complain about from my side they got a good review.
Nuts that hosts would act like thisā¦ knowing these are bugaboos that bother hosts. Good riddanceā¦ maybe add them to our private Bad Guest blacklist!
Ha ha I love your thinking Dusty! They were from Melbourne, Australia but after a quick stalking just now I see theyāve moved to the UKā¦
I have had nothing but great exchanges and results with the many (at least 15+) hosts that have come to my place; butā¦perhaps because our places are indeed so different from each other, all kinds of human psychological āissuesā have not come into play.