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I read the piece, and the moment the author mentioned booking in advance I wondered what happens if you've booked in January to lock in lower rates for July, an
by stevekemp 5y ago
I read the piece, and the moment the author mentioned booking in advance I wondered what happens if you've booked in January to lock in lower rates for July, and then they cancel at the last minute?
Suddenly you'd have to pay the higher/normal cost and change your plans at short notice. It feels like that's a risky thing to live with - I've not used airbnb so often, but even booking only a few weeks ahead I've had hosts cancel with essentially zero notice so I have to assume that's a pretty common occurrence.
- hiq 5y ago> I've not used airbnb so often, but even booking only a few weeks ahead I've had hosts cancel with essentially zero notice I have little experience with airbnb as well, but don't they help you find another one in this case? Maybe with discounts even?
- psychlops 5y agoNo, they won't. The AirBNB hosts are independent and have no network, many times they will have just the one unit. If they cancel, they are unable to fill someone into the unit during their time and suffer some minor penalties which grow if they continue to cancel on guests.
- ornornor 5y agoAirbnb doesn’t do anything. Same if your place isn’t as advertised or has an issue, Airbnb will happily check you out that night and refund you; good luck finding an alternative accommodation at the very last minute. You’d be lucky if you only end up paying double or triple the rate you thought you’d be paying by booking the Airbnb in the first place.
- jsonne 5y agoYeah so we book months out and it hasn't been an issue so far. I suppose that is a potential issue but we pay in advance and just haven't run into it yet.