@Dave-and-Deb0 Thanks once again Dave for a wonderful bit of investigating work. Dave, getting away from the thread a bit, I had a response to one of my posts from @Louise today! When I read it it took me a bit by surprise and I felt a little bit stupid.....she did have a point!
You do such an enormous amount of work on this forum, what are your thoughts on this.....
"No, the dispensing of free advice by experienced hosts is not good, not good at all. Because we experienced hosts do so much of the hard work associated with onboarding new hosts, the true cost of each new host acquisition isn't being borne by Airbnb. Therefore there is no disincentive for Airbnb to continue to indiscriminately recruit new hosts even though this is to the detriment of experienced hosts and, ultimately, to the Airbnb brand.
If you really want to help us hosts and in the longer term preserve the integrity of the Airbnb brand, stop volunteering your own time and expertise. There's nothing in it for experienced hosts and a lot to lose".
She does have a point Dave!!!!! cheers.....Rob