So I was reading the Hosting room and came across this: https://community.withairbnb.com/t5/Hosting/Being-at-the-bottom-of-the-list/m-p/349957#M79791
@Judalon0 had a good tip and I am stealing it (Taking photos pre-arrival and post-checkout)...BUT wouldn't it be GREAT if AirBnB let us upload those photos to attach to current reservations and/or reservations that ended w/in 24 hours? This could be invaluable to hosts in case of guest complaints that the "place was described wrong" or "it was filthy upon arrival" etc. AirBnB could check the photos!
If hosts took photos with smartphones then 2 things are stored in the photo's EXIF data (i know, I'm getting tech-y here, but trust me, they're there).
- The Lon/Lat of the photo (to validate that yes, this is the host's property)
- time/date stamp (to validate the time and date of photo so old ones couldn't be used to "game" the system)
That EXIF data travels anywhere the photo does, so it uploads to AirBnB w/the photo. It would be possible (yes, I'm a programmer so I know) to automate the entire process of matching a photo to a reservation and property location (except in the case of apartments and/or condos...but they could be manually validated)
@Lizzie0: can you ask people that you know in high places if this would be possible?
How many of you hosts think this would be a good feature? I know it would add to our workload but it is a safety measure that costs us very little time and could save us untold trouble and money.