Cameras

[Cindy1715]

Hello,

my name is Cindy, we have a home in Ohio for 4 years now, I am super host and top 1%of the nation.

I just love doing this and have had no problems,until recently all has been great.

That being said we recently had guests get into a locked private area and steal our personal things, since they  allow no cameras to protect your things because it  violates the guests, but apparently Hosts are allowed to be violated🤷‍♀️

So my thing is I am wanting to put a door sensor on the door.
I didn’t know if any other hosts had these? 
Do you like them and what name brand?

[Diana2915]

Oh my gosh, that is terrible. what kind of locks did you have on the doors you didn’t want guests to get into? I also have locked doors that I don’t want my guest to get into. Maybe I should rethink the locks that I have on my doors

[Cindy1715]

we had a regular doorknob lock. Also have notes that say it’s a private area. Really unfair in my opinion. 

[Ahmed570]

I think its ok to put security cameras in the locked private place, as long as it doesn't violate the guests' privacy, because it is not part of the booked area.

[Cindy1715]

I feel the same but Airbnb disagrees 

[Helen3]

What did the guests say when you called them out on this @Cindy1715 

a horrible situation.

[Cindy1715]

They said they heard a loud crash in the basement and “as the door was unlocked” they proceeded to go see what it was. 
When we got there, nothing was in a state where it would have made a crash sound. Just rummaged through. 

[Frances3408]

@Cindy1715. Sorry to hear you had such disrespectful guests.

As hosts we need to hope for the best but plan for the worst. I have 3 external cameras and only once did a guest complain after they were caught breaking several House Rules and tampering with one camera to cover it up. Of course I made the rookie mistake of confronting them about it.

Remove all internal cameras and find a better external location for your valuable stuff and put a deadlock on it with camera coverage. Then update your listing camera location information.

Oh, and get a locked cabinet to store the modem and camera system so guests have no access unless they clearly break in. Before each stay take a quick video showing the cabinet is clearly locked.