On the day of check-in, our guest announces that they will have six vehicles (two more than the allowed 4 vehicles) and 18 total bodies visiting the property. Six cars is only two more than four so we allow it. Then they informed us that they would be having a rehearsal dinner at the property for 18 people. The house sleeps 14, but they assured us that the extra people would be gone by 9pm.
A few issues:
- The guest informed us of this on the day of checkin. I don't want to cancel because they've booked for four days and no one is booking the days canceled at this late in the game. It feels extremely rude to do this to us - but perhaps they knew if they told us we wouldn't allow the booking.
- There were a total of 13 vehicles parked on our property that allowed four vehicles.
- We have a no party policy. Wouldn't this be considered a party?
- One of the guests brought dogs and we had to have the property manager call the guest to remind them of the NO PET policy and have them (the dogs) removed immediately.
- Feel like a venue because extra tables and tablecloths and chairs were brought in to seat extra people. The house sleeps 14 and has dining space for 14 so why were more table and chairs needed unless it was much more than 14 (much more than 18!)
Is there some sort of verbiage beyond "NO Parties, if there is a party happening, you will be asked to leave immediately and you will forfeit the remaining days paid for"? The guest instructions already state this but I suspect that if we told them to leave, AirBnB will refund the guest for remaining days.
This feels like a guest taking advantage of our family vacation home. They should have rented a proper venue!