Guest repeatedly broke Airbnb rules and host get punished

Kate386
Level 2
London, United Kingdom

Guest repeatedly broke Airbnb rules and host get punished

Hello, 

I have a guest who booked for someone else, (ONE GUEST!) which would’ve been fine if I would’ve known about it. I didn’t know about it so I guess it was okay. 

on the day of the Check In, my cleaning lady fell ill, so I had to find an emergency Cleaner. 

 

cleaner couldn’t turn up until 5 o’clock in the afternoon. When did checking was it 3 o’clock. I informed my guest, and they also offered a complimentary cleaning while she was staying there. (As she booked for over a month)

 

The new cleaning lady was finishing around 6:30 pm when the guest turned up. 
I called her later asking if everything was okay and she told me the guestS and a CAT arrived to the property while she was leaving. 

I have send a message to the guest made the booking, asking why there is two people at the property and a pet.

 

The answer was: it’s okay. As a property can accommodate two people and pets allowed anyway..

 

I cannot stress enough, that’s the booking was made for one person.

 

And then I asked if they would like to make a payment adjustment and forget, this has ever occurred. 

 

at the very next day, decided to leave the property making a complaint to Air B&B that the 42 m² wasn’t 42 m². 

And was demanding a refund.

 

The outcome of the whole process is that my listing will be removed and I have to fully refund the guest. 

 

I am now out of pocket and penalised for something which I don’t understand. 

 

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Breanna
Former Community Manager
Former Community Manager
Pontefract, United Kingdom

Hi @Kate386, I've read your post here and your other comments on the community. I'm sorry to hear you've had some trouble with a guest. Have you gotten back in touch with customer service about the situation?

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Kate386
Level 2
London, United Kingdom

Hi, yes I have, and I was assured that everything is okay. But of course this was all before the guests started to complaining about everything.
Clearly is not okay.

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