@Julie4405 Keep in mind that not many hosts come to hosting forums to say how wonderful all their guests have been- people post when they have an issue they want help with or to vent. So it can appear that hosts have no end of horror scenarios with guests.
As a home-share host, I have never had a bad guest I wouldn't want to host again, never had any reason to contact Airbnb to deal with some issue regarding a guest. There were a couple of times a guest did something not okay, but nothing that I couldn't address amicably with the guest at the time.
Honestly most of my guests have been delightful people who it was a pleasure to have around. Some have cooked great meals which they invited me to share, brought or left me little gifts, expressed appreciation for hosting them, and left their room and bathroom clean and tidy. We've had great conversations and laughs over coffee or a bottle of wine.
There's a few guests I still keep in touch with.
Also there are some types of listings which are more prone to experience bad scenarios than others. An entire home with a max guest count of 12, that looks like a party magnet, with a pool, hottub, etc., and an off-site host, is more likely to attract problem guests than a cottage for 2 on the property where the host also lives.
So those horror-show scenarios should be taken not fearfully, but as good warning and knowledge of what can happen, and how hosts might avoid those issues.
It's like crossing the street- a billion people do so safely every day- but if you don't look both ways for traffic before stepping off the curb, you might get hit.
