Blocking Guests After Their Stay

Blocking Guests After Their Stay

There is something wrong and I cannot block harassing guests anymore.  Most guests are great and we have had hardly any issues over the last 2 years and over a hundred bookings, but I have recently had 2 that were rude and complained about me giving them honest reviews (that were even not bad reviews, just honest, both with ratings like 4, 5, 4) constantly haranguing me on the issue. 

 

I blocked the guests but got a pop-up saying that they will be able to message me for TWO WEEKS after their stay, regardless of whether I block them or not, so business can be completed or something like that. 

 

I can understand that if there is something that's incomplete, but not if everything is done and there is nothing remaining.  Both of these instances there was nothing more and we had both left our reviews. I haven't received the payment physically, but it was sent already by Airbnb so it, too, was completed (at least for the second instance, I don't recall the first if it was sent yet or not.)

 

My question:  Is this an error?  Is it a bug?  The way I read it, it seems like it is only intended for when there is something left undone.

 

If not, it needs to be put back to what is was or at the very least, allow the blocking once both reviews are submitted else this is going to cause more harm on both sides.  Now both the guests and we are angrier than we were and I am reconsidering listing again next year, seriously.  If I can't block people that harass me, I don't want to deal with it nor should I have to.  

 

I really hope it's a bug or mistake in how it's set up.

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Shelley159
Top Contributor
Stellenbosch, South Africa

Hi @Tonia687

 

On average it sounds like there are more hosts harassing guests over past reviews than the other way around. Your post is interesting, one would think the system might block messages after both reviews are done if one party asks it to. But it could be an Aircover requirement that communication should be open for 2 weeks.

 

 

The guests are possibly complaining because of the text in the reviews. One can't see one's own guest star ratings.

Thanks for that info, I didn't know that.  I wonder why wouldn't guests be able to see their own ratings? We Hosts can see ours.

 

Anyway, I told both people that I didn't leave them a bad review.  I was honest and fair, stating both the positive and the negative. 

 

What's really strange is I even minimized the negative for both guests to be nice... Kindness always gets punished, it seems.

 

I bet they could program it to unblock if someone files an Aircover claim.

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