Importance of stars when reviewing guests

Inna22
Level 10
Chicago, IL

Importance of stars when reviewing guests

A guest booked for one night and messaged me in the morning that they had to leave at 4 am due to non stop train noise and wanted a refund. There is no train service at night. I also disclose the train in multiple places in the listing and potential for noise is checked off. When I said that, she became angry that I did not trust her. This guest has 6 five star reviews. I saw that and it don't do any further research. I went back to look at her reviews and she pulled similar stunts before. If we bother to leave a review for a bad guest, we might as well mark the stars correctly. Otherwise it has the opposite effect- we are beefing up the positive review count for them

32 Replies 32
Helen427
Level 10
Auckland, New Zealand

@Huma0Do you have a Template we could use similar to what you wrote in your review of the challenging guest you hosted?

It may help & inspire others to write more accurate reviews who may face similar situations, ditto for Guests who go through the same with Hosts....

Thanks in advance

Huma0
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

@Helen427I haven't written a review yet as it's quite a recent experience and I haven't figured out what to say yet. I am certainly happy to post it once I do!

Lani11
Level 2
North Bend, OR

I completely agree. I leave very honest reviews of guests. I depend on other hosts to do the same. We need to be able to count on each other to share honest reviews of guests. A false review does no future host any good, and is not of any help.