AirBnB host wants a call before my stay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey millennial, you can survive a 5 minute phone call with a stranger. Don’t pretend it’s about wanting a “record.” We know you are terrified to speak on the phone. It will be okay.

Lol. Born in 1972, hardly a millennial, and I’m an executive in a large company. My EA has every moment of my time scheduled the next few days so I can leave for this trip. We will be gone a week before the stay in question as it’s part of a larger trip. So yeah I don’t want to give a half hour of my evening time (or Father’s Day) to a host who can’t use the app - which seems to be recommended. There may be more to it but your snap judgment is wrong and rude.

You spent more time posting on here about how important you think you are than it would have taken to have the call!!

[Anonymous]

I think the host dodged a bullet with this pompous guest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey millennial, you can survive a 5 minute phone call with a stranger. Don’t pretend it’s about wanting a “record.” We know you are terrified to speak on the phone. It will be okay.

Lol. Born in 1972, hardly a millennial, and I’m an executive in a large company. My EA has every moment of my time scheduled the next few days so I can leave for this trip. We will be gone a week before the stay in question as it’s part of a larger trip. So yeah I don’t want to give a half hour of my evening time (or Father’s Day) to a host who can’t use the app - which seems to be recommended. There may be more to it but your snap judgment is wrong and rude.

You spent more time posting on here about how important you think you are than it would have taken to have the call!!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never did an airbnb, I was interested in buying a home to raise my family that has a community pool. tennis, etc . RE mentioned I could also do short term rentals. So as a homeowner neighbor, I can get a revolving door of guests, like a hotel next door, so 30 people (or more) could show up to party, as I am putting my kids to sleep? WTH?

So people are renting out a house in a residential neighborhood & have no idea who is staying there? If a host asks to talk to a renter, they are weird, suspect, &/or doing something "against the rules"? Or they are racist and/or should be reported for asking to talk to a potential guest?

Just because you don't understand how systemic, stereotypic and subconscious bigotry works, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. AirBnB has these rules in place because clients HAVE been discriminated against in the past. So, if you want to actually be a host on airBnB, you need to read the regulations and actually follow them. If you don't want to follow the rules, then choose a different way to rent out your short term rental that does not use the platform that has the rules you don't want to follow. Very easy. You are welcome to go to the old school route and find a property management company, pay them fees and have them list and rent out your short-term.

So, basically learn to follow the rules and do all of your communication via the trackable channels that airBnB can monitor to make sure you aren't breaking any other rules and can adjudicate claims from both sides, or find another way to rent out your place. No one is forcing you to use airBnB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait. You actually canceled because you were scared to talk on the phone? That's more bizarre than the person wanting to talk to you

Reading comprehension fail. OP canceled because they did not want potentially illegal screening conversation by the host in an unmonitored and undocumented media. She asked that they follow the airBnB rules and communicate via the app so that the conversation could be monitored and referred to in the future should there be any issues.

The reason that these rules are in place is specifically because hosts HAVE screened and rejected renters for classifications protected by the Fair Housing Laws. airBnB must follow FHA regulations or they will be shut down. So, follow the rules or stop renting out on airBnB.