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And here is my other request…another gross request from someone who ignores my listing which states it is for solo travelers and no visitors are allowed…another one I had to decline. When will I lost superhost status after numerous declines for guests like these? Or, if I don’t lose superhost status, my listing placement will be at the bottom of every search, if it isn’t already! I almost wonder if other airbnb hosts are setting me up to reduce the competition!
Hello:)
My friend and I r looking for some privacy away from our roommates, were local to Seattle and use Airbnb here and there locally:)
We’d like to check in ASAP, so pls let us know, thx!!
As I have written earlier: this is not how Superhost status work. Your acceptance/decline rate is irrelevant. You may decline as much as you would like. How to become a Superhost - Airbnb Help Center
I think you are confusing declining a guest/an inquiry, or denying a request to book, with cancelling an accepted reservation.
What matters more is to decline, or pre-approve, quickly, than declining itself.
However, if yo get to decline A LOT, the result in your search ranking doesn’t really matter, because Airbnb will warn that they may unlist you. That would happen after a lot of declines, you are completely fine with just 2 in a few days.
The decline button is not a trap. It is there for a purpose, and to be used.
You are expecting an awful lot from Air B&B. This is the same billion-dollar company who still cannot fix their filters. How many times do you get contacted from people who are bringing pets when you don’t allow pets for example. As a host and a guest I have problems with this all of the time.
I have been staying in Denver for about a month and every single time I search I select two guests and bringing pets, then I go ahead and apply the filters that say I need internet connection and pet allowed and I will still get 10 to 20 people who do not allow pets or do not have internet in their home.
If you look at the top of that screen see that two guests and pet is selected. But if you search Denver for that property you will find that they do not allow pets
oh dear what a drama – i think its time another site was set up for people wanting to host- and the owners just pay a nominal fee of lets say 60 dollars a year and run their own rules. After all they are making a fortune and not treating hosts well.
All the rules- telling everybody what they can do and cant in their own homes.
a good site world wide for people to register will rock it for not only hosts but users.
I had a guest book at 2:30pm because his flight was cancelled and wasn’t rebooked until evening and he needed “a shower and a nap”. he arrived at 3, was gone by 8pm he paid full fare without asking for a discount. he knew he was going to use the room and sheet and etc and cost the same as someone who spent the night. was a very pleasant experience.
To quote Nancy Regan, “Just say no!”.
Also, make sure you understand how things work before you assume you’ll loose something for not doing something. I have no idea how you got the impression you can’t decline someone. The rule is you have to decide to accept or decline within a certain amount of time. and once you accept you can’t cancel (although even with IB you could have cancelled this guest–you get 3 “for cause” cancellations per year for IB guests, and this would certainly be one).
Flag them so aribnb will admonish them for attempting to arrange for off-site payments… that’s not allowed with only the exception for collecting taxes in places where airbnb doesn’t collect them for you.
@Dru_Nei i’m worried your search filters aren’t applying correctly.
Is this because the listing owner selected pets and says in their description they’re not allowed? or is it showing places that are specifically not pet friendly?
I know a lot of hosts get confused about the wifi. some just check Internet but only offer wi-fi. Some check both (it’s unclear to people why there are 2 separate things since most people only offer internet as wi-fi – some hotels (and maybe a few hosts) have internet but only via ethernet cables, so this causes confusion).
In my listings, I don’t allow pets but on a rare occasion get someone asking to bring a dog… it hasn’t happened in a while though. and I only check wi-fi instead of both internet and wi-fi because I don’t have physical cable hookups for people to use in the bedrooms, although now that i’m thinking about it, I could easily run a cord in a couple rooms if this will be an added value to people… thoughts?
Air B&B search filters do not work right I have had their support department at tell me that they know this is an issue and that they don’t work right they’d also don’t work right on the actual website which is nothing to do with what kind of device I’m using however they seem to be more reliable on the website then in the appOn Feb 6, 2017 12:30 PM, Keith Freedman <info@airhostsforum.com> wrote:
@Dru_Nei i'm worried your search filters aren't applying correctly.
Is this because the listing owner selected pets and says in their description they’re not allowed? or is it showing places that are specifically not pet friendly?
I know a lot of hosts get confused about the wifi. some just check Internet but only offer wi-fi. Some check both (it's unclear to people why there are 2 separate things since most people only offer internet as wi-fi -- some hotels (and maybe a few hosts) have internet but only via ethernet cables, so this causes confusion).
In my listings, I don't allow pets but on a rare occasion get someone asking to bring a dog.. it hasn't happened in a while though. and I only check wi-fi instead of both internet and wi-fi because I don't have physical cable hookups for people to use in the bedrooms, although now that i'm thinking about it, I could easily run a cord in a couple rooms if this will be an added value to people... thoughts?
February 4You are expecting an awful lot from Air B&B. This is the same billion-dollar company who still cannot fix their filters. How many times do you get contacted from people who are bringing pets when you don’t allow pets for example. As a host and a guest I have problems with this all of the time.
I will tell you regarding the internet? I mean a real physical wire cable is a bonus as a host in my home there is WiFi that works throughout the home but every guest room is also physically wired on a gigabit connection which goes directly to my network switchOn Feb 6, 2017 12:30 PM, Keith Freedman <info@airhostsforum.com> wrote:
@Dru_Nei i'm worried your search filters aren't applying correctly.
Is this because the listing owner selected pets and says in their description they’re not allowed? or is it showing places that are specifically not pet friendly?
I know a lot of hosts get confused about the wifi. some just check Internet but only offer wi-fi. Some check both (it's unclear to people why there are 2 separate things since most people only offer internet as wi-fi -- some hotels (and maybe a few hosts) have internet but only via ethernet cables, so this causes confusion).
In my listings, I don't allow pets but on a rare occasion get someone asking to bring a dog.. it hasn't happened in a while though. and I only check wi-fi instead of both internet and wi-fi because I don't have physical cable hookups for people to use in the bedrooms, although now that i'm thinking about it, I could easily run a cord in a couple rooms if this will be an added value to people... thoughts?
February 4You are expecting an awful lot from Air B&B. This is the same billion-dollar company who still cannot fix their filters. How many times do you get contacted from people who are bringing pets when you don’t allow pets for example. As a host and a guest I have problems with this all of the time.
I have no idea how you got the impression that I think I can’t decline someone. I know full well that I can decline someone. Since I have Instant Book activated I almost never decline anyone. The few I’ve declined either want more people or more days in the room than I allow.
Ok. Each post has a reply button. When you click the reply button on my post it alerts me that you posted a reply to me. If you look at the top right corner you will see an arrow icon indicating you were replying to me. Combined with not addressing your comment to @cs2015 made it confusing.
I don’t do instant-book, and it makes govt ID check box unavailable which is maddening, so its a house rule
I just make my ad SUPER GIRLY and few men request it. "You can tell this is a woman’s home! Here is my kitty cat! You must like cats but she is shy! " and the bedspread is super floral. It totally works.
Usually people like this is designed to “de-list you from top search result from airbnb search engine”. Since you have no choice but to “declined” or “dis-approved” of the request. Thus you will be dropped in 14 position-listing down in your area. Don’t believe it? Just go, dates, type in the exact city names where you are located and see where your listing shows up… One “decline by you of inquiry to booking” will drop 7 to 10 top search results and so on and so on.
This is a SEO (“search engine optimization hack”) by your competitor. I have seen many like these… Some of those are real fake guests thus they can’t be verified. By the way, you won’t lose your Superhost status because of one declined-guest. You will still be a SuperHost provided all other matrix are satisfactory. What i do to counter this SEO hack is the following reply:
*Dear Guest, I have just approved you, subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. a valid government picture I.D. to verified you are the person on the airbnb photo. 2. your name must match exact name as “booked guest” on airbnb guest name. Otherwise, IF YOU CAN NOT BE VERIFIED AT THE DOOR on the BOTH Aobve, YOU WILL BE DENIED ENTRY, then you can call airbnb Customer Service."
Usually 100% of the time, the fake guest will NOT BOOK and declined to stay at your place automatically. I did this many times and it works pretty good for me.
Bad people they usually are afraid of showing you or telling who they are. By the way, I have on my listing showing “No Cash Payment is Allowed. All Payment Must Go Thru AirBnB Platform. If you want a Special Deal pls communicate via the Platfrom, I can Send you the deal via SPECIAL OFFER in the host platform.”
Do you really believe that BNB hosts are queueing up at your door (and others) and making false bookings that don’t meet another host rules in the vain hope it might create a ‘SEO-hack’ and drop them down the listings…
Have you every heard of any other host that this has happened to? Or are you the only one in 650,0000 hosts that has been targeted?
I think what this person is stating is that his “competition” creates fake accounts, and then contacts him via these fake accounts to request a booking. His/her theory is, that these competitors are trying to get him/her to decline and that his/her listing then is lowered in the search results. So instead of denying their request, which he/r doesn’t believe is an actual request, he/she responds with this message along with an approval, to discourage fake accounts from making fake bookings.
"You can tell this is a woman’s home! Here is my kitty cat! You must like cats but she is shy! " and the bedspread is super floral. It totally works.
