I am currently having a horrific experience with Airbnb. I ...
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I am currently having a horrific experience with Airbnb. I had a PAST reservation cancelled. The guest have already stayed. ...
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HI Airbnb ,
I been a long time customer with never having any problems , I booked a reservation for New Year’s Eve and suspiciously the host asking me to deposit money outside of the airbnb i believe police is been broken and I really don’t want to loose the only rental available
Please my reservation was confirmed by the website and now there’s something I never experienced before if would please help I'd appreciate
Thank you
Happy Holidays ‘
All the Best
Rodrigo
@Rodrigo717 This is just a discussion forum for hosts and guests, not Airbnb customer service. Ways to contact CS are on the first page of this Help forum. Just call them and tell them the host is asking for cash payment. Hopefully you and the host have been communicating through Airbnb messaging, so Airbnb can see the exchange.
Yes, asking for cash is against Airbnb TOS, but I think some commercial listings are allowed to take a cash security deposit. Only Airbnb can tell you if it's allowed for this listing, and if it's not, they will probably contact the host to tell them they can't ask this of you.
@Rodrigo717Is the deposit mentioned in the listing?? Check the full text, including the Policies tab.