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This. Last summer, we rented a space due to wildfires going on and too much smoke in our area. We saw the pictures on the listing with more than 100 guests givi
by gordon_freeman 5y ago
This. Last summer, we rented a space due to wildfires going on and too much smoke in our area. We saw the pictures on the listing with more than 100 guests giving 4.5+ rating in total for cleanliness and that convinced us to stay there for a few days until the smoke clears up in our area. When we visited the apartment, we just put our stuff there and went out for dinner and spend evening out and when we came back slowly we realized how dirty, bug and mold infested that place was. After checking with Airbnb they kept telling us to deal with host and all they did at the end was...you guessed it right...refunded the cleaning fees ($20). terrible customer service!
One simple fact Airbnb does not understand is: vacation rental biz is built on repeat customers coming back to the platform often. If folks like us get such a bad experience in staying first and then dealing constantly for weeks with AirBnb customer reps, that experience would make sure we would never rent again on Airbnb. This is the biggest problem with their business right now...their customer service is just terrible.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoCustomer service doesn't matter to the FAANG-like companies. They've run the numbers and they know that if 10% of their customers never return it will cost them $x (which they'll make up for in new customers anyway), and keeping those 10% happy by hiring enough customer service reps will cost them $100x. "Good customer service interferes with our exponential growth plans and makes our investors nervous, so we ain't gonna do it."