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Particularly since Airbnb is a two way system. I once stayed in a place where I was basically being told to give them 5 stars or else they'd give me 1 star for
by noodle 7y ago
Particularly since Airbnb is a two way system. I once stayed in a place where I was basically being told to give them 5 stars or else they'd give me 1 star for being a difficult guest.
- YokoZar 7y agoHow were they planning on doing this? They don't get to see the rating you gave until after their review of you is finalized, and vice-versa.
- grawprog 7y agoI'm curious how they enforce this. I've never used airbnb but what's to stop a host from reading the reviews from a guest account instead of their host one? I'm assuming they're still published publicly but maybe I'm wrong?
- noodle 7y agoSee my other reply in the thread, but basically, they were doing a lot of stuff that at first seemed like proactive customer service initially, but later seemed much more like scouting to determine if i was going to give them 5 stars or not.
- alteria 7y agoNot all guests know that ratings are hidden until reviews are completed. And for those that know, maybe they were planning on guilting them into it?
- malkuth23 7y agoThat is not possible. They were lying to you. You can't see the other's review until you post your review or the review window expires. You can never change your review once posted (though you can comment on a review someone else left).
- noodle 7y agoThey were very pushy about asking "are you going to give me 5 stars?" before/during the stay, and saying things like "my business depends on 5 star ratings". Obviously there are lots of paths out of that situation that don't involve someone giving them 5 stars, but I'm sure it works on people. Edit: it did not work on me