We agree 100%. We also state it as a rule, that the Guest’s Sponsor is considered the Guest who created the reservation, and is considered responsible for ANY and ALL Guests, authorized Guest(s), OR Guests NOT EXCLUDED by the Guest Sponsor.
I’ve never considered not leaving a review OR leaving a set answer 2-liner, OR every review the same, until recently. I completely understand why Hosts do this now.
Two months after a guest’s stay, they were able to make a complaint. In this case we were told the guest ‘thought they were treated poorly because they traveled with their children’. We left a factual review, the Guest must have been upset about it, because what the guest said they thought, makes no sense, as we have kindergartener and 3 older kids.
Anyway, any issue was immediately closed due to additional damages we could have claimed, but never requested compensation for, and proved it with pics and dates on them.
What my husband and I have noticed though, is that when a guest doesn’t like a review, or disagrees with it, Guests seek to retaliate against the hosts, even months after, and will lie to Airbnb, which Airbnb’s believes. Even after a very clearly written review. What’s funny is .....this is precisely the reason I took the time to write a clear and honest review, to prevent anyone else from being blind-sided by this type of guest. How can Hosts protect themselves from bad guests, when guests retaliate?