If the family friendly icon is not checked, does that mean they don't really want kids?

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Or does it just mean it doesn’t have features that would be attractive to families/kids in particular?

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I think it can mean both.

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I suspect it varies from case to case, and would recommend always asking the individual hosts, but I presume that anyone that really doesn’t want kids would put that in their house rules - until I did that guests seemed to think they didn’t need to mention the kids they were bringing, which was not cool.

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runs to check and make sure “no children” is in the rules.

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I can only take a couple, but I don’t want babies and toddlers. I had twins so I did my time :wink: … My place is also not a fit. I don’t want the extra mess and noise. It’s not baby proofed. But I can take one adult and one older child.

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I checked “Not family friendly”. The in the description I put in all capitals: NO PETS and NO CHILDREN.

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It depends, I don’t have it checked because I don’t want infants 0-2 but will take a child. Read the house rules and see if they mention it and at least ask in the inquiry.

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There was a time when you didn’t have to make a selection in that category.

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Because of this ambiguity, I always send an inquiry to ask whether or not they are open to a family with young children. I figure that those who don’t want children will actually say so in their listing but this isn’t always the case.