Does anyone here have a phone number where I can reach someone at the level of supervisor of a help desk that serves hosts?
I really wish to talk to a responsible person, kind enough to listen and to use their intelegence to resolve a problem?
This time I contacted the help desk via twitter, explained the issue in detail via direct messaging upon their request and it took them 24h to just crank out a standard BS answer without any name of the contact who produced that answer.
Lately, we have received many great reviews for our villa listing but the latest guest spoiled it.
Here is what I wrote to via DM to the help desk:
The current problem relates to [personal information hidden] Please look to our message history and you’ll see that I have been forthcoming to this person 1) allowing her to alter the time of her stay and 2) accepting her to early check in. Just to say that I started with a friendly and welcoming attitude. Also, the evening of her group’s arrival I have sent her a short message, to check if everything was fine or if any assistance was needed. The next morning, at check-out time, I was working in the next-door garden (we live next-door) I heard ****'s group gathering outside on the drive way and preparing to drive out. I wanted to be friendly to say goodbye and asked if everything had been according their wishes and they responded they were very happy about the place. They handed me over the house key and I told them there was no need to hurry, and that I would come back later. Once they had left, I went inside the house to clean and noticed that their group of 6 ladies only used 2 bedrooms each with a Queen size bed. Look, I had no problems with the way how they use the beds or the house but I was totally perplexed to understand that they didn’t give us a 5 star for value: a) they used the 2 older and smaller bedrooms downstairs in the older part of the house and didn’t use the 2 more classy refurbished big bed rooms on the first floor of the house and b) they didn’t use the nice lounge kitchen dining and sea view deck upstairs in the house... How can they properly appreciate value if they omitted to use the complete house with 4 bedrooms and didn't see the nicest part and facilities of the house? Did **** feel disturbed when I passed to wave them out and ask for their experience? To my feeling, not giving a 5 star was purely a matter of wrong mood or wrong perception of good intentions from my side, or any other reason that has little to do with rating the property stay value. I later communicated with her and she felt a bit sorry that she didn’t give the 5 stars but wasn’t able to edit or alter that. I haven’t responded yet hoping Airbnb could still contact her and help to change this rating.
Here is the answer which is typically standard BS:
Hi Marc. Once a review is published, we cannot alter it. We expect guest reviews to be what a guest actually felt and experienced. A conversation about a review after it's published will diminish the value of that original review and no longer clearly reflects their true feelings. This review clearly didn't align with how you feel the reservation went, and for that we apologize. Let us know if you have anymore questions
So now what, my rating drops, we again cannot reach superhost status and get punished for what reason?
It's absolutely clear and proven that superhosts attract more business and it will affect your income if you aren't. Lucky enough we use also other channels to rent out and the villa is booked till late September.
As a result of that standard BS answer ABB gave me no choice but to answer the person's review in a respectfull way.
Anyone has a tip whom to talk to in Airbnb to resolve such issues?
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