European Commission is raising the red flag against AIRbnb
In a recent report endorsed by the EC, the following statement was made by the european coordination of national offices of fair trade :
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(AirBnb) cannot limit (as it does) the basic legal rights of consumers to sue the host in case of personal harm or other damages suffered , especially when these are caused by negligence, willful conduct or other wrong doing. Moreover, (Airbnb) cannot limit ot totally exclude (its ) liability in connection to the performance of any of their contractual obligations , while they impose a general and absolute obligation on the consumer to assume all possible risks. Any term that creates a significant imbalance of rights between (AirBnb) and consumers can be considered a breach of Eu consumer law.
Consumers should be able to exercice their rights that relate to the non or partial performance of (AirBnb's) contractual and other legal obligations . This implies that standard terms and conditions should be drafted in a way to acknowledge that the liability of ( AirBnb) may also be triggered when their actions or omissions have contributed to the conduct or the damage / loss on which a claim is based.
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"Consumers" here is taken alternatively to mean only guests ( first lines ) or both guests and hosts (final lines) . The last sentence means that ABB dispute resolutions must be questionned by courts of justice whenever necessary.
Are you seriously waiting for Airbnb to improve its huge bias towards guests on its own will ?
Haven't you understood that AirBnb strategy is and will remain " let's spoil the guests at owners' cost to ensure high sales growth and world domination " ?
They will not improve the situation unless forced to.
It is high time we take AirBnb to court and tell them "Get off your hands from my security deposit, and let me manage it as I like "
Anyone wants to ponder on this ?