Thanks Brian for speaking with us “hosts” today.
You are RIGHT - we are the backbone of AirBnB business.
So, we appreciate your words AND we DEFINITELY NEED ACTION TAKEN SO THAT WE ALL SHARE THE BURDEN OF THESE LOSSES- not just hosts!
I especially like the suggestions made by one of our community members here. Please listen and respond ::
"As a token of our appreciation we are offering all our hosts a $200 payout for every one of their reservations that has been cancelled due to this Covid-19 pandemic"!
"To build both host and guest confidence that we are serious about the long term 'health' of Airbnb we are lowering our guest service fees to a flat 10% for guests and removing the host service fee for the next 12 months. By doing that we will be attracting users from other platforms thereby guaranteeing our sustainability and survival"!
"Due to the nature of the current pandemic we here at Airbnb understand fully that as far as hosts are concerned it is vital that they have every bit of information possibly when assessing the risk of accepting a reservation during this difficult time. We have no desire to put our hosts at risk so, from this point Airbnb will not allow a guest to book an Airbnb hosts listing unless a full travel statement can be provided and positive identification that can be passed on to the host for assesment"!
'We understand that we are all in this together and we are prepared to put our money where our mouth is and open our contact options to sympathetically look at and discus ways we can help our hosts"