Anonymous
Post 06/09/2025 06:35     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2025 06:25     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 23:46     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 21:04     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 20:32     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 18:47     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 17:21     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 14:48     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 14:36     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 14:05     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 12:58     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 12:56     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 12:52     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 12:50     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
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
Post 06/08/2025 10:46     Subject: Horrible experience with AirBNB.
I'm not understanding why you didn't immediately ask to cancel...