Hello All,
hope you are well.
Concern:
Due to my flat not being suitable for children and my insurance policy restricting me from hosting anyone under the age of 18y/o.
Putting into place “reasonable restrictions” on my listings and acted upon the “my space, my rules” (refer to photos taken from airbnb’s website for further content) logic stated by Airbnb on their own website.
Requesting to book when you plan to bring children and your listing states “no children less than 18y/o at time of booking”- then surely as a host you should be able to cancel this reservation without being penalised or having your statistics affected.
Issue:
From the last 10 reservation enquiries I have received, about 4/5 have been with children. Therefore I need to decline and this decreases my “reservation acceptance” and therefore listing position.
When contacting airbnb about this- seeking advice on how to best remedy/avoid these situations, I got the following response:
More or less insinuating that not accepting children is “discriminatory” and “ageist”.
If this were the case then an “adult only resort” would be discriminatory and/or ageists and their existence would be legally questionable.
Remedy:
-When a host says no one under 18 years old- please go with what they are saying.
- allow families to search for family friendly listings only , will save both time and money.
- do not point fingers and call out hosts as being ageist when they have set clear restrictions and expectations yet guests are too lazy as to read the listing.
I don’t really need advice but open to it- this is more of a venting activity.
Disclaimer: I love children and it is because I do that I say no- would rather be safe than sorry and who better than the host to know if the space they provide is child friendly. It is not as if Airbnb does an audit of every listing in their repertoire and decides independently.
Thank you for reading and have a beautiful day!
Yadira