Guests vandalized my home

Tadeo1
Level 1
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Guests vandalized my home

Im still shocked from the state in which my apartment was when i entered after the guests had left. The total disarray and accumulation of garbage in every room, the stained walls, the stained floor.. the broken furniture. It was a nightmare. 

I had problems with them from the very first day. They expected services closer to a hotel than to a flat in the center of the city. 

They demanded a cash refund in full and wanted me to cancel the reservation. 

I started sending messages to Airbnb support, afraid for the integrity of my flat and its contents, for i had seen these guests were not behaving properly towards me, and towards the cleanliness of the flat. But nothing could be done to prevent this. They had a party and filled my flat with people, beer bottles.. cans.. garbage and whatever else they could find, yet there is no way for the airbnb experts to prove that they would indeed do this or that they had already done so. I am now stressed out, and really sad. I dont understand why there are people capable of such damage, and why does airbnb permit them to take part in the platform, and more importantly in the community. 

This is not what I signed up for. 

Im writing this in hope that someone that has had this terrible experience can tell me how to prevent this in the future, because I dont think I can trust the platform anymore if this happens again.

3 Replies 3
Emiel1
Level 10
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

@Tadeo1 

I read both reviews and wondered: what happened here ? Because both (host & guest)  have nice reviews, except for this stay it is a complete disaster.....

Tadeo1
Level 1
Buenos Aires, Argentina

the difference is I have pictures to show the mess they have made, and they cant prove their version of the facts, because my flat was in the perfect condition every other guest was received in. Crazy people do exist.

Randi33
Level 2
Camano, WA

I have my own contract on my listing that states no parties or entertaining is allowed at the house. They have to sign it before they can get in my place! You can draft up your own agreement and put it in the house rules section of your listing. If you look up my listing it's in there and feel free to copy and paste it or something similar because I have a magnetic mattress in one of my bedrooms and that can set off electronic devices so they have to sign a release of liability and hold harmless clause. I come from a family of lawyers and they helped me make up this contract

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