A guest having an eating disorder

[Yuka86]

Hello,
I need to book a room for 2 weeks to undertake temporary work over the summer in the UK and have a concern regarding my disease- bulimia.
Bulimia is one of the common types of an eating disorder and people having it regularly binge and purge in a short period of time.
I have been suffering from the disease for over 10 years and therefore unlikely to recover before my job starts.
My concern is if the symptoms could bother a host and harm his/her property - I mean, a toilet.
I am sure I will clean the whole areas I use every day by myself, and indeed try to respect others. Also, I will try not to purge during the stay. However, the symptoms may occur as they are not my choice, unfortunately.

So I would like to ask you as a host these following questions:
- Would you like to know a guest having bulimia before booking?
- Would you not care about such personal issues and just ask a guest to keep clean a room as usual?
- Or, would you simply reject a request if you find a guest potentially purging?

As this is the first time to use Airbnb, I would like to have your honest opinions. Thank you!

[Dale711]

@Yuka86 ,    

As you would like a book a room in shared place with the host and may share the flat with host and other travelers, I definitely recommend you communicate with the host about your concerns before the booking.  

Good interpersonal communication between host and guest is to build a good relationship during the stay and  also the convenient for the both parties.

1. Would you like to know a guest having bulimia before booking?
   Yes, I do need to know guest concern before the booking. It is important to have a great communication between host and guest to understanding each other, cause Airbnb is trust and safety platform. Besides welcoming and hosting the guest, host need to also take good care the guest  in their home and provide the best hospitality.
2. Would you not care about such personal issues and just ask a guest to keep clean a room as usual?

            As hosting a guest in the private room, host are not allow to enter the room without guest concern. In my  personal thoughts, I wish my guest to clean the room once in a week for the weekly or monthly stay. We do change the clean bed sheets, linen, vacuum the place and keep the place clean once in a while, but is always a choice that I could provide the cleaning services to the guest or guest prefer to do the cleaning n by their self, to ensure their personal stuffs are not in miss place.

I do experience, some my guest doesn’t wish to do the cleaning and preferred no one to enter the room.Yet,during the end of the stay, we will have a check list together assume all are fine. 

        3.   Would you simply reject a request if you find a guest potentially purging?

               No, I wouldn’t do that. I would not decline the booking. Because this is a personal issue, as.  long the guest observe my house rules during the stay, respect each other and I will always be inclusive and interactive.

Airbnb Spirit is  to tread the guest feel like home, communication and assisting the guest.

              
I hope you find a good place to stay in Airbnb and have a great experience in Airbnb accommodations.

[Helen3]

I'm sorry you are suffering from this illness.  @Yuka86 

I would suggest you would be better booking a whole listing rather than a room in someone's home.

in the UK bathrooms are often next to the bedrooms so your bathroom use when 'purging' could disturb those sleeping next to the bathroom.  And it could also interfere with the hosts/other guests ability to use the bathroom. 

[Sarah977]

@Yuka86  If a guest has an illness or habits that could easily be disturbing to others, it would be disrespectful to book a shared-home listing. 

You should look for entire place listings-a small apartment or studio. 

[Manasui0]

@Yuka86  is better to let them know.. is just polite.

I personally dont think the host should   reject your booking, but some how of it does not bothered their rental i dont see why not.. 

Is like saying no to a blind people. Because they use sticks.. 

Is not like the blind man going to poke their way out of the window.. 

Good luck.. we all try our best to make most guest

 feel belong any where, some how..

-MANASUI-

[Jessica-and-Henry0]

@Yuka86 

Personally I don't think it's the kind of information you need to disclose to a host in advance but as others have mentioned, I also suggest you book an entire place so that if symptoms occur you can binge/purge in private without exposing others to your condition. 

[Yuka86]

@Dale711 @Helen3 @Sarah977 @Manasui0 @Jessica-and-Henry0 

Thank you very much to all of those who commented here and who gave my post a thumbs-up. 

I am so grateful to have different opinions from around the world! As many suggested, I am currently looking for an entire place. Yet it was good to know there might be a bit of room to be able to discuss and negotiate with hosts. I would try that challenge when I feel ready enough sometime. I am sure eating disorder is quite difficult to be understood, but I hope I would seek a way to get along with other people despite the illness rather than keep it secret. Otherwise I would end up doing nothing interesting for the rest of my life!

Many thanks again, all comments were helpful xxx