I am writing to tell you about my experience lately.
i was approached by a guest who booked my apartment for one night. the minutes she contact she mentioned that she is an influencer and have 500k follower on Instagram. she asked for an early check-in and I agreed. the status of the reservation was ( waiting payment )
so I thought why not she will update the credit card and it will be solved so i gave her the access door code.
she liked the apartment and advertised it on her social media account. and then she asked for an extension i replied no worries just change the booking and will let you in.
after 24 hours the reservation was canceled due to the un-updated payment issue. she promised to fix it so she stayed for three days for free.
she fixed the issue and promised to pay me for three days outside Airbnb which she did. so we went into the same issues again and again .. she pays for 3 nights then she change the credit card.
in summary she stayed with us for almost two months and paid half of the rent.
The lesson learned here as follows:
1. Don't let the guest checkin without payment.
2. Don't ever get tempted by agreeing to payment outside Airbnb even if the guest but you in a situation like mine ( payment unsuccessful ). raise the case to Airbnb
3. Don't trust any influencer with your apartment always depend on reviews and government-issued authentication by airbnb
wrote this article to raise awareness and express my frustration only.
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