Late to this thread but have to add my outrage at such behaviour 
Honestly, it’s not just disgusting but so disrespectful as to be downright insulting. Who the hell does she think she is?? It displays a very very bad attitude indeed and she needs a wake-up call. You shouldn’t leave stuff like that for ANYBODY to clean up - no matter whether it’s a cheap motel or a doss-house.
This is the review I would leave:
"I cannot recommend this guest to Airbnb hosts. In fact, I cannot recommend her to any hospitality establishment. The bed was left in a very unsanitary state, way beyond any normal incidents. In addition, unhygienic items were left on the floor. No attempt had been made to clean up. "
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My evil twin speculates that if a female guest claims to be visiting relatives, doesn’t, but does have relations with a stranger in a stranger’s home, things might just get stranger still.
I’d be asking myself if I just accommodated an escort. Check for a history on Air that includes a pattern of one nighters.
I rent rooms, and my rules include “no guests, no visitors”.
Highly unlikely, I would guess. Unless they’re new to the business and have no idea what they’re doing. If you want to use Airbnb to conduct your sex-work business you’re going to be clean and discreet. Otherwise you will spend an awful lot of time and effort creating new accounts to avoid all the horrible reviews etc etc.
Nah, I would bet money on this being a straightforward case of an entitled little **** who has no idea how to behave.
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I’ve had guests cover up menstrual blood but I only discovered it far too late to pinpoint the culprits. Since then I provide some tampons and pads in the bathroom for emergencies as I know these things are natural and sometimes unavoidable. If not for them then for you!
But your case is on a different level. At the very least you should claim to AirBnB to replace the sheets and towels that have been ruined. As far as what to write about them? If there is a claim then you probably can’t write a review anyway (can someone confirm this?). Then again I point out that the white towels are for humans after showers and there are blue towels for dogs and muddy feet. Maybe I should add “or for having sex while menstruating”? No, I wouldn’t.
Try “Personal female hygiene issues”. I point out in the guest book that "feminine hygiene products are available free in the bathroom for emergencies (there are no 24hr chemists within 50km) " which I assume guests understand. Over time the supply of tampons and pads has slowly diminished so it seems to work without embarrassing anyone. No accidents on the bed linen in 2 years either.
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I say “Guests not on the booking have to leave by 9pm or ask for permission by text to stay longer, which is usually given. Any non registered guests staying after midnight will be charged the full extra guest rate of $25pppn plus a fee of $50”. It means I don’t look like a complete dick who doesn’t understand people occasionally have local friends over for dinner or a bbq (there are no nearby restaurants) but need to know who is here and there is a limit. Then again I live upstairs so they know that I know.
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Kona, I have the occasional guest coming back to revisit their childhood home and connect with relatives they haven’t seen for years. I had some recently whose parents had built the (locally) famous beach shack called “Club Mud” I have a photo of in my listing. In the latest case they said they would recommend my place to their family who might visit in future. I guess I’ve been lucky as all were well behaved, left excellent reviews and, most importantly, had cleared out by midnight as requested.
Unfortunately, we have literally had the same experience here. It was worse with used condoms when we had a lower rental price. We made the decision to increase our rate literally to cut down on the people with shall we say “poor judgement”. However, we recently had a couple (both with excellent reviews) come to stay for the weekend. We have two bedrooms and they used both during their stay. Evidence of “their weekend” and her cycle status was evident not only in both bedrooms but also the bathrooms. It was beyond awful. I was able to salvage the linens and did not think to claim for the towels. I left a cryptic so to speak review that was very brief stating that blank and blank came to stay with us for the weekend. They were pleasant on arrival. (the end) Nothing else was written - not “would love to have this guest back again” or “great with communication” or “left the cottage perfect”. It seems that a lot of hosts are cryptic with their reviews in this manner. On the star review I left a low star for cleanliness. When it asked would you recommend this guest - I checked no. I have learned that when looking at prospective guests you can see how many hosts have recommended this guest and compare it to the number of reviews. This can be very telling.
Albeit we have not been doing this for very long and our approach may not be suitable for others, it is another option you may have and if nothing else additional information for future use. Prospective guests check not only reviews left for us but they click on that person and can read what we review on that guest. Our approach is to keep things as positive or at least neutral as possible but still be honest.
Hope this helps and we are very thankful to have this forum to refer to on a regular basis.
Captain. If you use Chrome you can install a plug in called AirReview. This little gem automatically brings up all the reviews that guest has left. Even the hint of nit pick gets a decline.
I was saved booking “Denise.” She was charming when she enquired but the chrome extension revealed that she was one of these who had to restate cons, some of which were in the actual title of the listing. “Tiny place by the waterfront.” The host got a nitpicking review about how the place was tiny.
great Big Decline.
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What awesome information! Thank you! I am adding that now. Really appreciate you taking the time to share that as it will definitely help!
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