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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. He’s now texted again asking for a call. I again said I was happy to chat but wanted to communicate thru the app as AIrBnB recommends we do, and he’s said he “is reluctant to rent his home to someone who will not talk and he must insist on a call.”  I’m not refusing to communicate and am only asking that he keep comms on the app. And yes I’m busy and can text this in a few moments between meetings more easily than a call but that’s entirely beside the point. It’s weird and AGAINST the Airbnb guidance which repeatedly says communicate in the app for your protection. So especially as I think it’s fishy that this guy wants a call, I don’t want to do that. Correct that this is now taking more time than a call would have, but again that is not the only or biggest point. If I lose this reservation without canceling it’s a 2,800 hit. Will it bankrupt me? No. But we are in an economic downturn and my 401k is on fire and I keep a budget - this trip is in budget but not cheap. And enough that I’m not going to double spend. So that’s that - we’d have to be crazy to stay there. I’ve suggested that if he is asking to break the rules and I don’t want to and he’s said it’s his house not airbnbs. So I’ve just said he needs to cancel the reservation. He said I’ll approve the full refund. But is refusing to cancel on his end. I now plan to get Airbnb to intervene at this point. While it may be true that 9 times out of 10 a host doesn’t want to be sketchy, but after being reminded a few times of the rules, to outright insist on breaking them and calling tells me something’s off. [/quote]

So why don't you cancel?[/quote]

Because it is non refundable and I’m not planning to rely on this person keeping his word to refund after all this. [/quote]

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