Hello fellow hosts!
i have just received by email, and completed, a survey from Airbnb.
How disappointing to see that the questions are just scratching the surface and they don’t really want our feedback or hear our needs.
I would like to have the possibility of creating real surveys and post on these boards.
So many points to discuss. I will start with a few for now and would like the list to grow with more useful tips!
1. Security ( real ID verification on both guests and hosts and mandatory ID pictures to match ID provided)
2. Add steps when booking a listing for guest to really accept and prove they have read the house rules. Provide more check marks boxes and provide hosts with more space for words and also check boxes to personalize with itemized important rules
3. Hire qualified people at customer service: when a host knows more than they do they are useless. When engaging with hosts through support chat and not by phone, They should also tread and understand the full thread before giving an answer that makes no sense.
4. have an accountability policy for Trust &Safety teams. In my experience they are above all, use their power wrong and are never accountable. They cannot be reached or involved by phone.
5. Come up with a real let policy that makes sense and takes a lot of stress from hosts. Airbnb operates globally and their let policy should be globally acceptable: only service dogs or animals with real certifications are the exception.
6. make sure all listings have short term liability policies in place. All hosts should check that and provide proof that they have a specific liability policy for their listing.
7. vet listings before they go live and they are open to bookings
8. let the vetted hosts decide how they feel about the vetted guests and stop always taking the wrong side. Both guests AND hosts are paying you money and you should really listen more to the cores and the discontent of your business partners, the Hosts!