Airbnb Suspension and Account Ban

Max1814
Level 2
San Diego, CA

Airbnb Suspension and Account Ban

Airbnb punishes us for cancelling reservations by cancelling 256 of our upcoming reservations, suspending our account, and notifying us that our account will be banned after our last guest checks out on September 30, 2024,  leaving our guests stranded. They then try to block our guests from being able to re-book their stay at our property. Not a great business model. Way to treat hosts who have made millions for you and helped build your platform for the last 5 years as superhosts with over 25 properties. Disgraceful. 

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Lorina14
Top Contributor
Bellevue, WA

@Max1814 

 

What happened for you to get suspended and banned? Did they cite to you what rules you broke as part of the agreement with Airbnb? Did they allow you to explain your point of view? I know that if you continually cancel on guests they can suspend your account.Was the cancellation due to an unforeseen event like a pipe burst or something else? You should not have been penalized for things like that. Did you speak with customer service or the team to figure out what went wrong. 

@Bhumika @Paula @Rebecca could you help out Max?

The rogue phoneless underground department who handles these issues sent us an email 10 days after our listings got suspended. They told us that our account will be removed after our last guest checks out and that we cannot create any new accounts, nor can our associates. Of course they cited their claims, which we disagree with, but gave us no option to appeal. Again, we never even received a warning about anything before this happened. We've been superhosts for 5 years with about 25 Airbnb properties. Our account has a 4.9 star review average across our whole account and I have devoted my whole life into making great guest experiences. They wiped out about $850,000 worth of future bookings. Would have been nice to receive some sort of warning before essentially wipiing out a business consisting of about 40 people. Luckily we're going to mention this to every media outlet that we can find. Gibbs Law Firm has been extremely helpful and let us know that luckily there are legal remedies available, but it shouldn't have to come to this. I would recommend anyone going through an issue as a guest or host reach out to them. Please also message me if you're going through a similar situation. 

Was able to find out the man making this decision's name is Roger Wong. You can find him on linkedin 

Wow the guy just called me and told me if I paid a $25,000 penalty, that my account would be reinstated! Absolutely corrupt!

what exactly happened to get your listings suspended?