Someone else making reservation for another person

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I have a local employer who wants one of their new employees to stay at my place. This employer has been here for years. I live in a very small town of 19,000, with very little crime. The employer will pay for the reservation.

What would be the down side of the employer making the reservation? I have asked for information of the employee. He would be here 10 days. I am usually at home all day so security is not that much of an issue.

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The guests may not feel accountable since they are not the ones who will be harmed by a negative review, but perhaps the employer is able to pay a larger damage deposit if they are willing to financially vouch for their employees.

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The downside is that the person staying is not technically the ‘guest’, therefore, he is essentially ‘anonymous’, which may cause issues when it comes to claiming compensation or reporting to the Air resource centre. As it may come down to the employers word versus yours, as such. However, he is himself taking a small risk in that he is entrusting his Airbnb reputation to another person.

I would recommend asking the employer booking the accommodation to come with his employee at check in, to ensure that everyone involved in the transaction is identifiable, this will also set the tone for the rest of the stay as well as your relationship with him, who may even have need of your accommodation in the future.

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Airbnb has created a site for the business traveler. I’ll say contact Airbnb and find out if :

https://www.airbnb.com/business-travel

A) the employer can book for an employee.

B) If the employer books will Airbnb’s guarantee and insurance be null?

C) Or does the employee has to book for themselves.

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We’ve had three different long term guests that came to us through their companies. They were all from different countries in Europe. Two were able to make the reservation themselves but got hit with huge fees for being from Europe and one went through the U.S. office manager’s AirBnB account. It made the fees less since we are in the U.S. but he did not receive a review from us. The ones that made the reservation themselves paid for their stay out of their pocket and were reimbursed by the company by doing an expense report. The one that the office manger did the booking was paid using the corporate card. We ended up with having no issues whatsoever with all three of them. However, I would agree with Evelyn and if you’re concerned, contact AirBnB and see about the insurance coverage.

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Thank you for the information on business bookings. All is well and the employee has checked in. It will work out great.

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I am new here in the forum so forgive me in advance if I am asking this question in the wrong place. I didn’t want to repeat the topic with a new post so I found this topic to be close to mine. My question is this, when someone books my place they are identified but what about the other 3 guest in the party? Are they also verified? I’ve also had husbands book under their name for their wives and her friends to be my guests and that just doesn’t seem to be right because I don’t know who they are. Nor do I have a means of communication with the wife and it makes it hard when you have to give directions or answer a question by relaying messages through the husband to get to the wife. I’m not sure how to handle this issue.

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Put it in your listings and house rules that everyone in the party needs to be identified. Then when the book if they don’t identify them, ask them to please do so. If they balk, contact Airbnb and say your rules aren’t being honored and you want to cancel the reservation.

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Thank you very much. I am still new and wasnt sure if my concern was relevant or not. I just knew that hosting a wife through her husbands account wasn’t very efficient and made it hard to communicate effectively. It became a “he said she said” scenario and at times it appeared that I wasn’t being prompt to her questions and needs. By the time the question got to me and the answer had to go through channels to get back to wife it WASN’T prompt. And not knowing who all guest are in a party feels risky should something happen. Thank you again