Guest verification reviews

Bouakham-and-Henri0
Level 2
Louangphrabang (Luang Prabang), Laos

Guest verification reviews

Hi,

I am a long time host and today I had a bad experience with one of my guests. They litteraly disappear forgetting to pay for the extra services, forgetting to give me back the house keys, etc.

So i was wondering if I was to naive accepting them in my house and I would like to read what other hosts write about them. But I don't know how to do so.

Anyone can help?

Thanks

 

Henri

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Karen-and-Brian0
Level 10
Bragg Creek, Canada

Hi @Bouakham-and-Henri0 You are a long time host, I'm so surprised you've never done this before. I always look at prospective guest's reviews from other hosts (if there are any) before I allow them to book. All you do is click on their photo in messages & their profile comes up. There may not be any other hosts reviews though if their profile is new. Hope that helps - Karen

Bouakham-and-Henri0
Level 2
Louangphrabang (Luang Prabang), Laos

That's what I usually do. Then in this case, there are no review showing up. But still on the left hand side of the page under the photo, you can see this:

Meaing that I should be able to read this review, no?

 

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@Bouakham-and-Henri0 Oh I see what you mean. No idea why that 1 review isn't showing up, maybe they somehow got it removed? @Helen3 and @Andrea9 made great points. 

Helen3
Top Contributor
Bristol, United Kingdom

How did they leave owing you money. -any additional services should be raised and paid for through BNB before or while guests are with you.
Andrea9
Level 10
Amsterdam, Netherlands

And it's always better to set your booking settings to ID-verified guests only.

Andrea9
Level 10
Amsterdam, Netherlands

@Bouakham-and-Henri0

If it was a confirmed booking, and if you didn't get a message from ABB later saying there was a problem with payment and it had to be cancelled (this happens with stolen cc sometimes, and it's a problem with same day guests because the fraud is usually only discovered the next day after guest has already high-tailed it out. That's why ID-verified is recommendable. Frauders don't usually pass it.

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