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Key takeaway here: "The couple posted to Instagram saying that they were "thankful" to Airbnb for providing coverage under its Host Guarantee, which offers up t
by slacka 11y ago
Key takeaway here: "The couple posted to Instagram saying that they were "thankful" to Airbnb for providing coverage under its Host Guarantee, which offers up to $ 1 million in insurance "in the rare event of guest damages which are not resolved directly with the guest."
- gcb0 11y agoFor each case like that, i bet there are 1000 where someone just steal a stereo or leave the room dirtier than you can imagine that airbnb does not reimburse the owner. and that the police will just ignore since it is not over the threshold of monetary damage that is there so they don't have to care about poor people like you.
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- themartorana 11y agoDo you have any evidence of that? Links, etc.? I've never heard of anything like that.
- gcb0 11y agohttp://www.airbnbhell.com/ http://www.airbnbhell.com/
- mikeash 11y agoUnless there's some evidence of this happening, this is pure conjecture and adds nothing to the discussion.
- gcb0 11y agoThe airbnb team is strong in this thread. http://www.airbnbhell.com/ http://www.airbnbhell.com/ there are several sites like the above. most of the real complaints are cleaning fees that airbnb promises to cover in case of abuse and they never do. Also, several analysis from insurance companies saying that the $1mm "host guarantee" is a marketing ploy and not that most of the insurance business loss is on small things, and that only covering the big bust is a fake way to not have insurance losses. but you will have to search those for yourself edit: ok, i've searched for you http://www.tnooz.com/article/homeaway-thinks-1m-airbnb-host-guarantee-is-as-empty-as-a-vacant-apartment/ http://www.tnooz.com/article/homeaway-thinks-1m-airbnb-host-...
- mikeash 11y ago"The airbnb team is strong in this thread." Yeah, right. I have no affiliation with AirBnB, I've used it twice and have a neutral opinion of it, I'd never dream of renting my house with their service, and if you are going to baselessly accuse me of being a paid shill for expressing my natural, homegrown opinion then we have nothing to discuss.
- gcb0 11y agomostly hinting at the fact that several people downvoted, me for not doing the search for all of you, while nobody provided facts on the contrary as well. picked your comment to reply because, well, i had to pick one :)
- mikeash 11y agoThat's not an excuse for shutting down the conversation by implying the only reason someone would disagree with you is if they were paid to.
- jakejake 11y agoI can imagine a million things that would be annoying for the home owner, but would not be considered crimes or anything that would get you a reimbursement. Guests smoking in a non-smoking home. Leaving a big mess, but not damaging anything. That's the price of renting your place. As soon as something is stolen or damaged, though, I would hope that AirBnB would cover it no matter how small.
- pbreit 11y agoI doubt it. Feedback systems are very powerful.
- gcb0 11y agowell, the first negative review have to come from someone.