Horrible experience with AirBNB.

[Anonymous]

I'm not understanding why you didn't immediately ask to cancel...

[Anonymous]

We had to provide photos of driver's licenses to all adults in the group at an Airbnb once. I didn't mind, but I think some in our group were annoyed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure you have to give names at a hotel as well. Seems reasonable to me to at least take down names.

Nope

Of course you do. Do you only ever stay No-Tell Motels?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Repeat after me: you can stay in hotels.

No thanks we prefer to have a room for each child and a kitchen and private pool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tl;dr

This category of story is why we will never AirBnb. It can be good or bad, but there is no reliable way to know before committing.

Oh look the anti Airbnb trolls, sorry y'all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure you have to give names at a hotel as well. Seems reasonable to me to at least take down names.

Nope

Of course you do. Do you only ever stay No-Tell Motels?

I’ve stayed at almost every chain hotel from HoJo to Hilton, boutique hotels in NYC, LA, Chicago, and more, and never had to give any name but mine when booking one room for three people or two rooms for five people. What hotels are you staying at?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure you have to give names at a hotel as well. Seems reasonable to me to at least take down names.

I stayed at a hotel last night and they asked for my guests name but I refused. Very creepy, they don’t need such information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure you have to give names at a hotel as well. Seems reasonable to me to at least take down names.

I stayed at a hotel last night and they asked for my guests name but I refused. Very creepy, they don’t need such information.

In case the hotel burns down, your guest will never be counted among the dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure you have to give names at a hotel as well. Seems reasonable to me to at least take down names.

I stayed at a hotel last night and they asked for my guests name but I refused. Very creepy, they don’t need such information.

In case the hotel burns down, your guest will never be counted among the dead.[/quote

then that would be the least of that guest's worries. But unless the person has no family or friends and nobody knows they're staying in the hotel with PP, pretty sure someone would be looking for them in the burned down hotel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tl;dr

This category of story is why we will never AirBnb. It can be good or bad, but there is no reliable way to know before committing.

Oh look the anti Airbnb trolls, sorry y'all

So you can’t reasonably question an Air B&B policy without being accused of being a troll. Ok…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure you have to give names at a hotel as well. Seems reasonable to me to at least take down names.

No. They have a space for it, but its optional. I sometimes put down my husband's name, if I think he might need to deal with the front desk staff without me. Hotels don't ask for ID except when you're checking in or asking for extra keys.

I had one rental manager ask for a copy of my driver's license, but not any of the other guests. I thought that was intrusive, since Airbnb has all of my info. It was an entity that manages rentals nationwide and I decided to never use them again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The requests from the host are bizarre and I would not have complied. Agree with others that I’ve moved away from Airbnb (the fees are out of control, and they’re ruining livability in major cities in Europe and increasingly here). I mostly stay in hotels now.

But OP, did you arrive and get into the place? What’s the update?

OP. It got worse, unfortunately.

The listing said 2 parking spaces. The apartment is in a high rise with reserved parking in a garage. No indication of what our parking spots were.

After finally getting ahold of someone to figure out where to park, they said parking is an additional $30 per day. None of this was indicated in the listing. They said they would send a link so I could pay for parking and they would get a parking FOB to me in the morning.

Now I'm paying $50 a day to park in a different garage down the street, and they never even sent me the payment link to get parking.

Very frustrated with the whole experience. Has anyone gotten a refund or even partial refund from AirBNB? I feel like they should at least cover the cost of my parking.

Are you still there? Did you check for cameras? Just get out asap. You won’t get any refund.

[Anonymous]

NP. I once succeeded in getting a partial refund when our heat wasn’t working and Airbnb host wasn’t responding. As I remember, there was a button on the site that made it very easy to request $ back, specifying amount and reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. I once succeeded in getting a partial refund when our heat wasn’t working and Airbnb host wasn’t responding. As I remember, there was a button on the site that made it very easy to request $ back, specifying amount and reason.

Airbnb doesn’t protect the consumer well. You have to actually stay to even leave a review.

[Anonymous]

Lol. Airbnb doesn't protect the host either. Most hosts now just rent regular because its not worth the hassle of short term renting. Why would you leave a review without staying? Utterly insane.