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Got a fine from the city because of guests behavior - Airbnb refuses to collect. Thoughts?

Not long ago I was fined by the city for unpermited gathering and exessive noise. It seems my guests had a party and neighbors called the cops and code enforcement. On top of it I was also fined by my HOA for exessive noise. I submitted all of the paperwo... read more

in Fort Lauderdale, FL in Hosting
Created 05-28-2018 | Latest reply yesterday by Alexandra859

crazy neighbor pt2

Well its been awhile since my nosy neighbors tried to confront any of my "roommates". (At this point when someone books for at least a month they are a roommate.) Well this morning my roommate texted me out of my slumber and said she was unpacking from th... read more

in Las Vegas, NV in Hosting
Created 03-25-2019 | Latest reply yesterday by Reva11

Host Burn Out

First let me say I love people and that's why I host. I don't live in a very popular place so can only get $30/night or less for my rooms. I'm finding I'm burning out after just short of two months - my sleep is constantly being broken up by 230am booking... read more

in Longs, SC in Hosting
Created 2 weeks ago | Latest reply yesterday by Jennifer1351

Changes to Airbnb search algorithm

This is my 4th year as an Airbnb superhost. I live close to Crater Lake National Park and have 3 units on my 10 acre property. In years past I came up on the first 2 pages when guests were searching for homes near Crater Lake and have had all 3 units full... read more

in Shady Cove, OR in Hosting
Created yesterday | Latest reply yesterday by Pernille5

Not appearing in search results? Potential remedy.

So after some exhaustive consultations with Airbnb, there is an ongoing problem with host properties not appearing in search results due to one particular factor, namely, your location/address isn't adequately affixed the correct coordinates in the mappin... read more

in Suzhou, China in Hosting
Created 11-21-2016 | Latest reply yesterday by Juan2191

Any hosts from Turkey?

in Istanbul, Turkey in Hosting
Created 10-26-2016 | Latest reply yesterday by Daynnie1

UNACCEPTABLE: host cannot see profile pic prior to booking

It is unacceptable, that hosts can no longer get an impression of possible guests prior to the booking, by looking at his/her photograph. In contrary, the guest can still see the photograph of the host!I never read any ratings that others wrote about gues... read more

in Berlin, Germany in Hosting
Created 03-22-2019 | Latest reply yesterday by Johannes103

Payed for cleaning, but got a bad review for not cleaning. WTF????

For the second time in a row we are having problems with hosts on the issue of cleaning. There was a cleaning fee both times so we did not feel obliged to leave the place spotless and as usual did some stuff that we regard as a nice gesture towards the ho... read more

in Moscow, Russia in Hosting
Created 08-07-2017 | Latest reply yesterday by Eve940

Pet-Friendly Hosts...How do you collect a pet fee?

I am just curious as to the different ways hosts collect pet fees. After realizing it's easier to get a guest to accept a refund (via change reservation) than it is to request extra money, I build my pet fee into the cleaning fee and simply change the res... read more

in Wilmington, NC in Hosting
Created 07-30-2018 | Latest reply yesterday by David3333

Check your listings! Non-shared rooms suddenly marked as shared.

Check the "Rooms and Spaces" sections of your listings! There are new options for designating which rooms are shared and with whom. All of my listings' bedrooms and bathrooms were pre-ticked as "shared." No idea when that happened but it seems it could ex... read more

in Oregon City, OR in Hosting
Created Friday | Latest reply yesterday by Linda108

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