Reviewing guests who do not return the favour of a review

[Jock--And-Di-0]

We always leave a review for a guest but do not always receive one. Why should guest benefit from a good one and not return the favour. e.g. I thought a recent guest would review especially after I collected him from Bus station at 2 AM!!!

Suggest that reviews are not shown unless both host and guest submit a review.

[Lindsey6]

That is the case - reviews are only made visible to both parties when each has submitted their review. I guess you can never really predict whether a guest will leave a review, some people may forget to do it straight away, some may still be on holiday and don't check emails or messages, therefore won't receive the system reminders - and some people just won't bother. But leaving your own review may prompt them into doing one of their own, so I guess there is that benefit. Perhaps send a little courtesy reminder to your guest if it is getting close to the cut off date, and ask if they could kindly take a few moments to complete the review process.

[Dede0]

Just to clarify. While it's true that neither guest nor host can see (for up to 14 days) the other's review until they've each submitted a review, that limit ends after 14  days. At that time, any review left by either party becomes public, whether the other person left a review or not.

That said, I don't believe that the reviews that I submit as a host should be influenced by whether or not I think the guest will leave a review (or, for that matter, a positive or negative review). I leave MY reviews for the benefit of other hosts, who can use them to decide whether or not to accept a particular guest.

[Nelson4]

i understand that you would love to get reviews from guests... i also like to have but some people just dont understand that.

Also... making more stuff to guests like that example picking him at the bus station i also made that a 2 times and decided to stop. People look at that like if it's my work to get them from the bus station to my house! seriously?

I think we should keep it simple and not have our arms all open to some stranger that enters your house...