Hi! I am a brand new host, and unfortunately my first experience was a bummer. The person really took advantage of me. It's a long story that I will spare you, but suffice to say that the person cancelled their reservation one day into it, with no communication, after having looked at my place and talking to me about it, but without actually checking in. The person also mentioned needing my place as a "contingency." Finally, the person lied directly to me during the reservation phase, promising to complete their reservation and stay with me, if I would decline another potential guest who had requested reservation of said person's same days (but for LONGER), because said person's original reservation request had expired. I was trying to do said person a favor!
This person has like 6 5-star reviews as a guest, so far. I would just like to get some advice about how harsh I should word my review and how to rate this person, because since I do not even have ANY reviews yet as a host, I'm afraid that this person will write a retaliatory review of me. I'm sort of trying to avoid that, since it will be the first review of me (and you know first impressions!). I want to be honest about this person, but is there any alternative route I could take that might end up as a win-win for both this person and myself (and the hosting community)? I know that I cannot control how this person reviews me, but... ? Any advice from long term and/or "expert" hosts is appreciated! (I have 11 days left to write my review) Thanks in advance!