Airbnb silent after threats by guest

Joshua232
Level 2
Washington, DC

Airbnb silent after threats by guest

I reported a threatening message from a guest after I left an honest review (he was lucky to even get two stars) and Airbnb has yet to respond from the initial "tell me what happened" email four days ago. I have emailed once a day trying to followup because I feel my property is now vulnerable since this guest was a local and I am an absentee property owner.  Airbnb claims to have zero tolerance for such behavior yet has not demonstrated that to me even with as much as a reply to my concern. I have had 100+ stays with only a couple really bad ones; this guy was in the top two worst ever. I am removing my listing from Airbnb and going with another service, such as VRBO.  It sure doesn't seem that Airbnb is pro-host these days. 

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Julie143
Level 10
Princeton, NJ

With Airbnb, the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

 

They usually respond quickly if you post your experience on social media. Hosts shouldn’t have to do this, but they do.

 

PS: The is a hosts only blacklist group on Facebook where you can post warnings about destructive or dangerous guests. Airbnb is not very proactive about removing them from the platform.