Host says I'm not allowed to have friends come over during my stay?

[Ahjeong0]

I'm not bringing my friends over for staying overnight, but I wanted to invite them over for breakfasts and dinners.
I feel like they have no right to ask me what not to do as long as they aren't staying over and using the accommodation.
Am I in the right or the wrong here?

[Sarah977]

@Ahjeong0  No, you don't have the right to invite anyone else over. You could ask your host's permission to do so, but they may very well not agree. It's a security issue for hosts- they wouldn't be covered for anything should an unregistered guest have an accident, cause damage, etc. And most hosts don't want anyone in the home whose information hasn't been verified by Airbnb. 

Also hosts base their pricing in part on the average amenities and utilities a guest will use. Having other people hanging out in the unit means they'll be using the bathroom, toilet paper, soap, water, maybe the electricity charging their devices, maybe cooking, drinking the coffee or tea provided, etc. That's not budgeted in when a host comes up with their nightly price.

[Ian-And-Anne-Marie0]

@Ahjeong0 It would be inappropriate even in a 'whole house' situation, but as you state "I'm" I guess you might actually be in a hosted environment with the host present? That would be even more and totally inappropriate.

Rather than invite your friends over, go to theirs or eat out.

[Branka-and-Silvia0]

@Ahjeong0 

you said you would invite your friends (plural) over for breakfast and dinners (plural) but they will not sleep there.

So, if your host would agree to that you could, theoretically, invite 10 friends for breakfast, they could stay with you the whole day, use toilet, the pool, the garden, walk around the house in dirty shoes, take 10 showers, wash their clothes, cook dinner for 10 people, then hang out until midnight and then they would go somewhere else to sleep. And your host should be awake until then to see if they really went home.

And you would pay for 1 person only, does it sounds right? 🙂

I don't know any host or any hotel who allows visitors. If you want to stay with your friends then you should book a bigger place and all of them should pay to stay. Or you could,as @Ian-And-Anne-Marie0   said, meet at their place or socialize at public places. 

[Ann489]

@Ahjeong0    As Sarah and the others already pointed out,  you are in the wrong here.  If you were to stay at my listing,  you would risk being removed if you were to bring unregistered guests onto the premises.   It not only is an issue of additional resources being used by those "visiting", it is also a privacy--not to mention a liability issue.  Imagine an unregistered guest falling down my stairs...I would be held liable.  No thanks.

[Yadira22]

@Ahjeong0 

Unfortunately for you I need to agree with the points made above.

you would also need to consider what could potentially happen if the host was not aware of your friends present in the house- to the host this individual becomes an automatic threat to their safety. In cities were for example guns are easily accessible this could become a much bigger issue than expected and quickly. Or what if the host is trained in self defence or calls the police... so many things can happen.

From a safety point it’s too high risk and not advisable- you do not miss anything in asking but don’t be disheartened if the host says no at the end of the day you are a guest in their space. Just because you paid to stay there does not mean that you are entitled to dictate the rules. I am sorry- but good luck to you.