I’ve wanted the same ability to block a former guest! He was from my local area. I’m not easy to intimidate, but this guy’s interaction with me (a single female living alone on the premises) made me feel very uncomfortable and possibly unsafe. I didn’t have anything concrete to report or anything in writing to give as evidence to AirBnB, and I didn’t want to upset him by accusing him of something I couldn’t prove. (Being local, he could easily return to retaliate). I took a couple of precautions, like having my neighbor-friend’s burly husband come over and make himself visible from the guests’ windows. I don’t know if the guest is dangerous or not, I just know that when he left, I felt relief and never want him back here.
A couple of weeks later, he was sending me an inquiry to book again, and I looked all over the platform for a way to block him. There isn’t one! I replied with excuses for why I couldn’t accept his request, and he finally withdrew it, but if he ever tries to book again, I’ll be calling AirBnB host support to try to get out of it.
There really should be a way to block FORMER guests based on the past experience. I understand there are discrimination laws, but if they were your guest once, your reason seems less likely to be due to discrimination.
If you call AirBnB, please let us know what they say about the possibility of blocking.
