No longer staying at AIRBNB and cannot cancel or change the reservation

[Kinsleigh0]

I’ve been staying at this Airbnb for months. I booked it for over a year. I found somewhere to live and tried to cancel or change the reservation with a months notice. However, im unable to make any changes to the reservation whatsoever. I keep getting error messages. Support has the same issue. Soon I will be charged another 900$ and I’m not there. The Airbnb has been vacant for a while now. The host and I have both called and messaged for over a month now trying to find any resolution but nobody has been any help whatsoever. They all keep saying they can’t figure out the problem and have to “escalate it” to support. They close all the online cases before any resolution has been made, and the phone calls have been no help either. I don’t know what to do anymore. Is there a corporate number to call? Should I look into legal help? I cant afford to pay 900$ a month for a place I’m no longer staying at. This is causing me a lot of anxiety. 

[Elena4354]

Hi @Kinsleigh0 , if your reservation is still active and you can't send the reservation alteration request due to technical issue ask your host to send you reservation alteration request proposing your new dates and the price you agreed.

You will need to accept the request and the reservation will be changed.

Kind regards.

Elena

[Kinsleigh0]

Hello! Thanks for the response. Unfortunately the host has tried as well and it’s still the same issue for both of us either way. Even when I contact support they have the same issue. Im at a loss

[Elena4354]

Hi @Kinsleigh0, which date you (and your host) put as a check out date in your reservation alteration request?

[Kinsleigh0]

Both of us have tried putting it over a month out. 

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Kinsleigh0 when a guest wants to cancel on us and if we want to waive the penalties then I (as the host)  message the guest stating our side of the deal and then ask them to call Airbnb to execute the change. Most times customer support ring me to confirm the agreed refund/no charge but it always gets fixed quickly.

S0 my suggestion is ask the host to message you with what they will allow and then call Customer Support to do the change. If they can't do it call back until you get a good one who can.

[Kinsleigh0]

Yeah we have done that and unfortunately none of the dozens of people I’ve talked to have actually been able to do it. It’s insane 😞

[Joan2709]

Hi @Kinsleigh0 

This seems very odd to me that no one at Airbnb can do this?

As a last resort, you can try deleting the credit card info you were using to pay for this reservation, but I think it requires you to have some sort of payment method on file. I wouldn't do this without talking to Airbnb first though, as you don't want this to cause problems for you in future bookings.