Would you book to this person?

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So the guest arrived, kept to himself, and was just fine. He was like someone’s rumpled drug-using teenage son exploring his “Beck” phase… He had a great smile and was tall, goofy and young. He also told me he’d written “Fuckoff” because he had gotten frustrated with the Facebook/AirBNB verification process. Sure, he was a little smelly and he obviously spent his time here going out with friends and drinking, and I had to make him get up and out when check-out time rolled around, but he apologized and left quickly. He even brought his own towel so cleaning his room was a breeze.

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ya just never can tell… hosting is such an adventure!

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I get so many guests who say “How can you do this as a single woman” – so I guess I’m always on orange alert against the possibility of being assaulted.

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I ask for over 25. Although I am pretty sure under 25 have booked without me knowing. I also write “I’m only interested in hosting guests who are quiet and do not party, as this is a very quiet area. If you intend to party hard, please skip me. :)” Don’t be afraid to ask for the kind of guest you want.

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I once felt very intolerant of smokers, but then had one chap ask me very politely if he could smoke outdoors (I have a private patio for guests) because it was his holiday and promised he would make sure I didn’t get a single whiff of smoke bothering me. I realized being really zero tolerance could cost me bookings, so now I say" No Smoking, but courteous outdoor smokers MAY be allowed but ONLY if we have first discussed the easy ground rules (away from the house, collect your ashes in a container with lid, dispose of immediately, etc.)." I’ve never had a problem… although quite recently, someone who hadn’t asked me previously asked if he could smoke and promised to be discrete and he was.

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In Korea and Japan we were amused to see boxes on the street with closed windows for the smokers to kill themselves in. Looks like a slow form of torture to me. Don’t get that many requests for outdoor smokers, but when they did they were courteous.