Additional Guests

[Sonia848]

I'm just getting started with a guest room in my personal home in which myself and teenaged daughter reside. The listing accommodates 2 guests. In my area, many travel to hookup with their out of town BF/GF that reside on base. My concern is if someone books the room and is bringing their spouse that's one thing however bringing someone you may or may not know is another.  I'm concerned from a safety perspective and not a nightly rate perspective.  How do you utilize app to rent space to two different guests or do you reccomend obtaining the unregistered guests info? From what I understand so far, Airbnb doesn't cover unregistered guests.  Personal safety is my number one concern, liability and damage would be secondary concerns. 

[Anonymous]

@Sonia848  You can request the full names of both occupants when the booking is confirmed, but this doesn't really tell you well the guests know each other. 

The best way to avoid casual hookups is to set a Minimum Stay of 3 nights or more. Nobody wants to book multiple nights for a one-night stand.  You should also make it clear - both in the House Rules and at check-in - that no additional visitors are permitted on the property at any time, and be prepared to enforce that.

Another option: as an in-home host, you are permitted to rent only to guests of your gender without violating the discrimination policy. So if you and your daughter feel safer with only female guests, and don't mind some loss of potential income, you can consider this.

You may also choose to rent only to 1 person at a time, although it's hard to see how this would be helpful from a safety perspective. A frustrated single man lingering around the house seems more potentially problematic than two people busy in the bedroom.

No matter which route you go, I recommend not using Instant Book and making sure you are comfortable with the communication before accepting bookings. Have locks on your bedroom doors and a plan in place for how you will remove a guest if their behavior is dangerous or inappropriate. 

[Inna22]

@Sonia848 You can have a no guest policy. If someone wants to be BF/GV, they need to be registered at booking. You can also require an ID. This is great for a multitude of reasons but also a casual hook up would not want to be showing an ID

[Sonia848]

If the registered guests indicates "2" guests when booking, how do they tell you who there guest will be? Assuming that'd be something I'd request through massaging? I guess technically,  they could indicate 2 guests and a different one each night..lol I'm assuming that doesn't happen often. I've read somewhere that the Airbnb insurance doesn't covered unregistered guests. So if the provide their guests name when they book, would they then be considered registered? They would have a profile on Airbnb.