@Jamee4 Now that you understand that reviews are blind from both sides, so the other party can't base their review on what you wrote, another thing- since reviews get published as soon as both parties have left a review, or in the case of onl one party leaving a review, that review will get published 14 days after check-out, what many hosts who are faced with leaving an honest review for a bad guest do is:
If you don't receive a notification that the guest has left a review, wait until day 13 to submit your review. That way, the guests may not notice an email or notification that you have left a review, and by the time they do, it will be too late for them to submit a review. If they see you've left a review on say, day 4, that may prompt them to leave a review when they may not have bothered to otherwise. "Uh oh, she left a review. I just know she's gonna slag me. I better write one now saying how awful her place was."
Of course, if you get notification that the guests has already left a review, there's no point in waiting to submit yours.
Also, if the guest lies in their review, or complains about things that were never offered in the first place, or complains about things that were clearly mentioned in the listing but which they failed to read, you can leave a publicresponse to their review, which should be used to correct any lies or misrepresentations, and should be brief, factual andnon-personal. It should not be adressed to the guest who wrote the review, but is just posted so future guests can see your response, to judge that review for themselves as false or misleading.
But you know what? Some hosts who were certain that a guest was going to give them a bad review, were pleasantly surprised that it turned out not to be the case, so there's not much point in being worried about a bad review beforehand- if it happens, just deal with it then.
