I totally agree with @Ian-and-Jane0 , @Bev387 , @Sarah977 , @Jessica-and-Henry0 @Kelly149 and @Christine615.
- An address from when someone registered a few years ago, could be well and truly out of date.
- An address someone uses, could be just for tax as a mail collection point, a base. I know this for a fact with friends.
But yes, I’ve had a fair percentage of guests that are still “living” where they originally registered their profile from, but easily 40% who are no longer in the same town or city, let alone the same state! That’s too large a number of guests who might have been in Covid19 amber or red hot spots. Too big a number who by travelling to the host’s STR / LTR, may be entering a restricted environment illegally. That is, not allowed to enter by federal or local laws under the dept of health, or emergency management Act.
(or similar per country)
Example: As a host, we see the registered city and think someone’s arriving from NSW, but in fact they are well and truly living in Qld. As a matter of safety, not just trust, hosts should not be trying to operate legally within the law, with one hand tied behind their back by @Airbnb, a rental platform........
Accountability is need now, not just trust... which is such a misused word for a business partnership. Should I trust you = probably. Do I trust you, by your lack of disclosure, accountability and refreshing of information at the point of booking: NO.
A guest should, at the time of booking, have to provide accurate information. Sure, I could book for somewhere in 18 months time. But when we get to within a few weeks of the booking dates, a flagged reminder should be a requirement to update details.
Show the current information for the guest and they must update or be found untrustworthy.
“a comment field” could be created for “other”. Example:
yea our residing address is accurate, be we are currently travelling and will be arriving from ”............” named. This information should be forwarded to the host at the time it is saved.
@Airbnb, please allow us to be proactive and compliant to the laws around us, not just your terms. For us both to survive, we need to work together as a partnership, along with the guest.
I have also created this Covid19 questionnaire for my guests, on arrival.
COVID-19: VISITOR DECLARATION CHECKLIST
Entry to the premises beyond the courtyard is to be limited to essential need only.
ALL registered individuals (employees, family, visitors, or contractors) permitted to enter the space must complete the following COVID-19 visitor declaration checklist:
1. Have you washed your hands or used alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) on entry?
(You will be directed to where you can do this)
2. Do you have the following symptoms?
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Shortness of Breath YES / NO |
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Runny & Stuffy Nose YES / NO |
If YES to any of these questions, please do not enter the premises. Please seek urgent medical advice.
3. Have you worked with persons with confirmed COVID-19? YES / NO |
4. Have you travelled overseas or interstate in the last 14 days? YES / NO |
5. Are you awaiting a Covid19 test result? YES / NO |
6. Are you living with someone self-isolating or awaiting Covid19 test results? YES / NO |
7. Have you had contact with someone known to have contracted COVID-19? YES / NO |
8. Have you self-isolated or been in mandatory isolation in the last 14 days? YES / NO |
9. Have you been in a declared Hot Spot recently? YES / NO |
If YES to any of these questions, please do not enter the premises. Please seek urgent medical advice.
If NO, please proceed to enter and proceed to wash hands or use the hand sanitiser available.
• Maintain a physical social distance of 1.5 metres from others outside your “safe group”
• During your stay, please do NOT shake hands with, or touch those on site, not belonging to your “safe group”.
• Please follow required personal hygiene protocols sneeze in elbow/ /cough in elbow
• Wash hands well with soap and water, use sanitiser.
Please fill in your full name and contact number below:
I ______________________________________ declare the above to be a true and correct statement.
(please print name)
Contact phone no: _______________________________
Email address: _______________________________
Signature: ________________________________________Date ________________
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NB: As per NT Government privacy requirements, these forms are securely destroyed after 28 days.
- Updated as per NT CHO requirements 30 November 2020 V2 February 2021
