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I'm renting houses/apartments on AirBNB and place cameras outside the homes (to watch who's in front of the entrance door, activity). Placing them inside the ho
by chimen 8y ago
I'm renting houses/apartments on AirBNB and place cameras outside the homes (to watch who's in front of the entrance door, activity). Placing them inside the home is a real privacy concern - a zone that I would never even consider.
The reason for the cameras outside is to watch closely how many people enter as we're constantly fighting prostitution which leads to a pain with neighbors and other stuff.
- pytyper2 8y agoNo, YOU are the pain to the neighbors. You are probably ruining their family life for a few extra bucks. The neighbors are fighting prostitution, you are facilitating it!!!!
- RankingMember 8y agoOutside, sure, fine. I'm of the opinion that they should still be disclosed, but I think a camera outside (and not looking in so that it can see any interior spaces) is fair.
- jploh 8y agoWe have two properties listed on Airbnb and have been a "superhost" for half a year. Our listing has extra fees if there are more than 2 people booking and there have been a number of instances where guests would sneak in extra people. We got a security camera for one of our listings recently. It's an attached suite with a private entrance. The camera is installed outside and it's disclosed with a check box toggled in Airbnb's listing settings. Being a private person myself, I would not put a camera inside spaces meant private for guests. In these times, I'm even a bit wary on adding a CO alarm because guests might think it's a spy camera. Obviously, not everyone has the same standards. The host described in the post is quite rude. I wouldn't communicate that way with a guest. Hopefully, Airbnb will reopen the case given the attention it has received.
- cm2187 8y agoActually don't you want to highlight the disclosure of the camera to dissuade trouble makers from picking your place?
- plusbryan 8y agoI don't think most people think it through that well. I once had a guest stay in our attached guest house where we live and try to sneak in a dog (explicitly not allowed).
- richardlblair 8y agoI had a host make the same claims. When my SO's siblings stopped by for coffee I got a text within 5 minutes demanding they leave. There needs to be some reasonableness to this. And consistency. I wrote them an insanely negative review. I also unplugged their router, because fuck them.