Hi im Lloid, i have been a host since April 2019 so I'm fairly new to hosting, but in my experiance I've realised that low prices will attract the kind to guests you really do not want, the summer of 2019 was fine in general but did have my fair share of people who just did not give a s**t, i don't buy in to this "some people are naturally careless", in my view theres good guests and bad guests, people who care, and people who don't, i had a guest in summer 2019 she booked for one guest for one night and i spoke to her prior to her check in and she seemed absolutely fine, shortly after our phone call i was on my way to the airport for my summer holiday and my friend was looking after the property while i was away, arriving at my holiday destination late and being an hour in front of uk time i woke up to my phone ringing it was my friend who was looking after my property, i instinctively knew something was wrong, he proceeded on FaceTime to show me the state of my cottage, a hole had been kicked in to the kitchen wall, most glasses were broken along with plates, a mirror in the bedroom, they had been smoking cannabis and empty booze bottles everywhere, i was devastated and almost 3000 miles away, i had to organise a emergency decorator, my friend replaced all the items and cleaned up , the following guests were very understanding about having to check in later than advertised and were equally understanding of the smell of paint, i phoned the girl to find out what went on in my cottage and to tel her she would have to pay for the damage, i got such a shock at the abuse she gave me, I've never heard a young girl swear so much, a far cry from the person i had spoken to just a day before, needless to say she never paid a penny towards repairs, so i had to warn other hosts of her behaviour, but this left me open to a false review and that was the most upsetting part of the whole situation, to have someone who has damaged your property, paid nothing towards damage costs then leaves a false review, i also had a couple who had a curry fight in my bathroom, these people were also hosts, so i found that particularly disrespectful , so 2020 i put my prices up considerably, it made no difference to my bookings at all and i never had one bad guest, one thing that needs changing is the ability to warn other hosts about bad guests without being exposed, because a host will be reluctant to leave an honest bad review of a guest in fear of having a bad review left in revenge, i also think hosts need more support if his\her property is seriously damaged,