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Everything about this is silly. You can contact hosts beforehand on AirBnB and I almost always do that, and certainly would if I was going to be booking an even
by jemmyw 4y ago
Everything about this is silly. You can contact hosts beforehand on AirBnB and I almost always do that, and certainly would if I was going to be booking an even slightly unusual situation (for someone else). I've booked for third parties before too and did exactly that, during a COVID lockdown when we needed to find a place for an old couple.
I'm not sure I believe the host either. Perhaps AirBnB have changed things, but as far as I knew from talking to hosts before, the host could always refund up to the booking date, they had tools to do more than guests in exceptional circumstances. And it's in their interest as this dude is now going to give the host a 1-star rating.
- DangitBobby 4y agoMaybe to you it seems like an unusual situation, but to people who maybe don't travel very much, "booking a room for my spouse" isn't something they'd think is "unusual". It's a little absurd that it's "unusual", in fact.
- ghaff 4y agoYeah, if I were booking a trip with a spouse or friend and I was maybe joining a couple days later, I would absolutely book for them. I would make sure the hotel had their name whether through the booking form or another channel. But that would be something bog-standard for just about any normal hotel on the planet. I actually find it downright weird that you can't book a reservation for someone else on AirBnB.
- jemmyw 4y agoNowadays I wouldn't even trust a traditional hotel to do that correctly without calling them first.