I will not rent to millennial ever again

Chad18
Level 2
Los Angeles, CA

I will not rent to millennial ever again

This is my house, my roof and if I want to disciminiate I will. Period.  Millenials Suck.  Don't rent to them .  they dont give a crap about your home securitity, cleanliness or rules.  I don't give a crap about laws, it's my home and I will decline anyone under the age of 30 or anyone that looks like a thug. period.  Airbnb can't do **bleep** about it.  My home. my roof. my rules. period

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Marzena4
Level 10
Kraków, Poland

So it's younger millenials you are referring to, @Chad18. Millenials are people born between 1980s and early 2000s. So you are going to lose quite a bunch of clientele turning down all millenials. Rather prepare good concise house rules, make your guests respect them and prepare for not-so-ideal reviews. From my experience. Some younger millenials are really great. Even from remote ethnic backgrounds. 

// "The only person you can trust is yourself"
Kimberly54
Level 10
San Diego, CA

@Chad18, this kind of attitude is not going to get you anywhere but out of the community, and yes, AirBnB can do something about it.

 

You may, of course, conduct yourself and your business as you feel personally appropriate, but to blatantly discriminate against all people of a certain age--and quite viscerally, to the community, is to my understanding, exactly NOT what the AirBnB mission is about.  At all.

 

AirBnb is not the only game in town, you know.  You can always go elsewhere.

 

Best,

Kim
Branka-and-Silvia0
Level 10
Zagreb, Croatia

@Chad18 well, on the begining of our hosting journey I was sceptical about young guests, but not any more. We hosted some seniors and few families with kids who left the apartment dirty and messy and also young guys who left the apartment spotless. There are no rules, belive me. 

You probably had few bad experiences and you are understandable angry now. Maybe your area and your listing attracts the wrong type of guests... or it was just a bad luck. Set up security deposit, straighten your house rules, maybe put an outdoor security camera and see if things will change.

Willow3
Level 10
Coupeville, WA

I'll happily trade you your millennials for my Boomers.  But I'm keeping my Gen X and Greatest Generations!

 

 

Signed a Gen Xer who loves the Millennials.  

Krystal16
Level 10
Toronto, Canada

@Chad18

 

Sorry you had such a bad expierence, but not all millennial’s are disrespectful of your home.  I have had a group of girls who I was worried about, they cleaned up the place washed the floors and left me a thank you note, another group of meillennials I had was a group men in town for a soccer tournament, I was concerned there, again the place was left spot less.  It maybe that your vetting process might need some strengthing.  I have instant booking turned on but only for people with positive reviews, I make a general rule about not renting to anyone who lives in the city I live in, especially youngsters, they are generally only looking for a place to party.  I specify in my listing that the unit is not available for parties and if anything seems suspicious i ask lots of questions.  I also specify that all guests must be registered and the home is only available for registered guests additional people not registered are not allowed in the home.  I don't have a camera outside yet but I have considered it and might do so. 

 

Can I ask what specifically occurred that made you make this decision?

Quincy
Community Manager
Community Manager
London, United Kingdom

Hello everyone,

 

Thank you for your participation in this discussion I think it shows from all the comments that all our guests are individual and that we can’t generalise to a whole groups of people. With this in mind, I feel it best to close this discussion now to new replies.

 

To add, you may have seen us share this elsewhere in the CC, but I wanted highlight this again below regarding Airbnb’s mission.

 

“Airbnb’s mission is to help create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. We believe that by sharing our homes, meeting people from across the world, and experiencing different cultures, we can foster the understanding that leads to that community of belonging. Last year we published our Standards and Expectations, which are an expression of our community’s shared values, and were created based on what hosts and guests have told us they view as acceptable conduct and behaviour when using Airbnb. A foundational value in these Standards that relates to your particular question is the principle of Fairness; specifically the section on Discriminatory Behaviour or Speech. This is further explained in our nondiscrimination policy which all community members agree to as part of their use of Airbnb. If we become aware that a member of our community has explicitly violated this standard, adverse action may be taken on their account, including potential removal from the Airbnb community.

 

We remain committed to making Airbnb one of the most open, trusted, diverse, transparent and accepting communities in the world. As part of this, we encourage you to explore ways to interact with people from all backgrounds and to find the common threads that bring us together. For more information, read our recent blog post. ”

 

Thank you


Quincy

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