Poor host has no idea he was duped. I sent him a warning to check his cable bill. My group pay.

Letti0
Level 10
Atascosa, TX

Poor host has no idea he was duped. I sent him a warning to check his cable bill. My group pay.

I think it was the proper to warn the guy charging so little he may be hit with an almost $100 cable charge. The guy is renting out a condo that's a 1 bedroom condo with sofa sleeper for $58 for 4 guests and this was a Saturday night only booking. Man did she use the guy and he gave her a good review. He just bumped his price to $109 for 4 within 15 minutes of my inquiry to him. No response to me yet though. Hopefully he'll head here he's a new listing, so he can learn a lot from this forum.

 

XXXXX,

Just on FYI on your guest XXXXX from September 5th. She was booked with me after holding my listing hostage with 2 group bookings. The first one canceled out for non payment after 4 days and within hours she rebooked as a group payment again then after I involved AirBnB on she finally paid after 2 1/2 days. Then the next day when she learned we lived on property in a seperate home and could see how many guests showed up plus she saw the fines I charge in my rental agreement for extra vistors or guests, so she canceled the booking. Her booking was for 6 Adults, 2 Children and 1 Infant. So she was way over your 4 guest limit I am sure, just like she planned to be over my limit and hold a party for watching the fight. Please make sure to check your cable bill, she wanted to rent a pay for view fight that was $84.99 plus tax for the evening, if she did not mention it you may have been charged for it. Also you should visit the AirBnB Community Forum your price is way too low. Shared homes for just a room rent for what you are charging.

Letti

 

Her message orginally:
Hi there we are trying to fine a home for 1 night we will be attending a memorial service for our grandmother being held at First Memorial Park located off of Highway 16. Is your home located close to this area? Also later that evening our husbands would like to watch a pay per view boxing match and I was wondering if that would be acceptable to us to purchase as well. We are only needing to check in on the 15th and check out the 16th.

Thanks,
XXXXX
Aug 24, 2018

 

Her cancellation message:

Mother n law just called to tell us they needed to postpone until further notice due to worsen health issues with her sibling. Sorry for all the back and forth, trying to get all my in laws on board has been a nightmare. I have never had to deal with this many issues when booking in the past for just my hubby and I. Once again sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused.
Sep 5, 2018

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Pete28
Level 10
Seattle, WA

Is it a script for an upcoming Airbnb themed movie ?

 

One Night in a Short Term Rental.

Victoria567
Level 10
Scotland, United Kingdom

Hi @Letti0

When something is cheap it’s cheap for a reason!

When something sounds to good to be true.....it unfortunately is!

 

Buyer beware!

@Victoria567  He double the price from $58 to $109. I am pretty sure he was listening to AirBnB's stupid pricing tips. The place looks nice online. He did respond and thanked me for the information. Hopefully they did not charge the fight on his cable bill. He probably will not get back to me on whether they did or didn't. Maybe he'll see the thread and let us know ;D with as cheap as this group was I could see them doing it and ignoring any request for money from the guy.