I would ask the company to consider something.
I am never going to be able to host more than one booking per night, I do not have that corporate structure that the company’s philosophy and strategy appears to be driven towards…
I am a core host, one of the few million who got you going, and where you are today!
My desire is to welcome every guest in the best way I can, and make them feel at easy and comfortable with their decision to book, not only with me, but with Airbnb. I welcome every guest in a different way....... sometimes efficiently, sometimes with humour, sometimes as a host, sometimes as a hotelier.
I can only do this if I can see who I am dealing with. I can’t do this when I am only provided with a name. I open a conversation stream with a guest couple in their 50-60’s entirely differently than I would with a pair of friends in their early 20’s, or a young family. A photo tells me how my contact should be opened, a blank sentence does not!
A photo does not influence whether I host a guest or not, it tells me how to get this hosting off to a good start…
And surely, isn’t that what Airbnb wants?
Please allow me to do my job to the best of my ability and give me back those profile photos that I need to be able to do that!
Cheers.....Rob