My son has been banned, but we can't understand the reason.

[Anthony1251]

My son (a third year university student) has been banned from Airbnb for "soliciting third party services" we are at a loss to understand why. He is studying film at university, and for his third year project he has to produce a short film, for this he needs locations to film, it can't be at relatives homes etc as he needs to prove he can get all the proper permission. For his film he needs an outside (seaside) location and an interior location (near the sea). He has got an outside location and been approved for filming there so he started to approach the owners of a few Airbnb's to see if they would give their permission for a group of six students to film in their properties. He wasn't asking for a reduction to the price of the properties, in fact the group are more than happy to pay the full price to film for a few days. I am struggling to understand this ban, it has seriously affected his ability to create a final year project. Can someone help?

[Anthony1251]

@Helen3 I know, if it were a commercial project I would agree, it's not however, they have a budget of £3000 to pay for all the necessary permits and insurances, for travel, for the professional actors, for accommodation etc. Thank you for your reply, I really do appreciate it.

[Helen3]

Then I would definitely suggests your son's group pushes back with their uni and book's accommodation with personal contacts .