The booking guest never stayed at our property but his 2 friends were wonderful...Should I leave a review?

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Tracy792
Level 3
Bellevue, WA

The booking guest never stayed at our property but his 2 friends were wonderful...Should I leave a review?

I'm still new to this and have gotten so much good advice from the community.  My guests have so far been the actual people who have booked their stay and the reviews have been excellent from me.  This time however, we got an instant booking from a verified quest who said he was coming with 2 guys from work.  He asked me to pass on the check-in information to one of the guys and gave me his work email address.  He never added the 2 guests to the reservation (I asked them to), and I communicated with the guest via email with no problem.  They have been excellent guests but if I leave a review it will be credited to his (or her) account and all I know is the account name (Jt) with 1 good review.  Should I leave my review for Jt and say he booked but never stayed, and that his group was great?  It seems like that might look like a bad thing and I have nothing negative to report about any of it-the booking or the guests.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated...

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Leanne99
Level 10
Adelaide, Australia

Hi @Tracy792 ,

It can be a bit tricky with business bookings.

I have a few regulars inc a work team of engineers and another touring theatre trio who both have bookings made by their office manager (who had never actually been a guest). In theory this isn’t allowed by Airbnb but it’s a common occurrence I imagine.

 

Just leave an honest factual review.

’JT booked my place for a work trip with two colleagues. JT did not stay however the two work colleagues were great guests who followed the house rules etc...’

 

Also, as far as communicating with guests by email and off-platform, especially someone who isn’t a registered guest, I always try to duplicate the message through the Airbnb system as well just to keep a record there even if it’s just my end of the conversation.

It’s backup in case of an issue. Essentially just cc’ the message to the original person making the booking.

Happy hosting!

cheers,

Leanne

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but it is not a game for the inexperienced or faint hearted . you on the other hand could easily do it .H

 

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