Anyone ever have a host turn into a bad guest?

Heather106
Level 4
New Orleans, LA

Anyone ever have a host turn into a bad guest?

Guy who booked is a superhost and has good reviews, I thought this booking would be either a piece of cake or slightly high maintenance. And while not the worst guests I've ever had, there's a lot of room for improvement and I wouldn't personally host him again.

 

I wasn't going to review him, but he reviewed me, so... I wrote an honest review stating the facts- communication before check in not the greatest, left the place unusually messy (spills on the hardwood floors and staircase not cleaned up, an open bottle of used chew tobacco spit left on the nightstand, food crumbs everywhere as well as old food left out...), late check out with out asking, not following the house rule of taking out the garbage at check out... I'm right outside the French Quarter in New Orleans, so I understand and expect a fair amount mess or a certain behavior. But there were just a couple too many things for me to let it slide. He left me a decent review, didn't say much, but 5 stars across the board.

 

 

Since he's a host, I didn't hold him to higher standards than I do my other guests. I was just really disappointed that a superhost would act this way. Anyone else ever run into this?

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Ben551
Level 10
Wellington, New Zealand

@Heather106  thank you for sharing this.  I have a superhost booked with me for a long stay in a few months time and I am secretly nervous (already) about whether they will make a difficult guest... already they have asked for early check-in, late check-out... plus they asked me to make more days available (implying they expected me to cancel other bookings to make more room for them)...

 

So far I have politely declined all their requests but, frankly, I'm hoping they cancel.  The tone attached to their communication is off and I'm not looking forward to their arrival...

Mark116
Level 10
Jersey City, NJ

Yes, I have hosted some hosts who were pretty poor guests, and it's surprising every time it happens.  We've also hosted a number of guests with many gushingly positive reviews who also turned out to be poor guests.