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My Christmas guests sent me a great review but it was after the 14 day period had expired, so the link did not work for them. How can I get their text up on my review list; I really want it there to assist my viewers.
Thanks
David
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@David-and-Amanda1 @Emiel1 @Matthew285
As others have pointed out David 14 days is it.......that is the allowable limit for the leaving of a review.
I understand fully your frustration but look at the other side of the coin!
At the moment there are many thousands of hosts sweating on whether they are going to get their Superhost status or not. The cut off point for this assessment was 31st December and notifications do not go out until the 14th January! This is so that hostings that were completed in the last week of December have time to post their reviews. To many of those hosts they may be depending on that one review to reach the required criteria for Superhost....should all these people have to wait until February or perhaps March!!
David there will always be someone who wants to 'push the choke' ....get that extra bit of time, so the line has been drawn, and 14 days is that line.....no exceptions.
I am sorry but that is the way it is!
Now there is a way around this! You still have message contact with the guest and you can send the guest an invitration to leave a reference for you. Here is the link for the leaving of a reference.
https://www.airbnb.ca/users/references
Via that link your guest can leave a reference through the Facebook page but, once you approve that reference it will appear on your profile page directly below your reviews.
David it is not as good as a review but it is the next best thing.
Cheers....Rob
Annoyed by this limit! I wanted to leave a review for the host but we were still travelling so I was not accessing email. Went to write it today and I'm unable to. Frustrating AirBnB!!
It was truly a pleasure to be hosted by Kanini. She's indeed a remarkable host always seeking to see how she can make her guests comfortable and I would recommend her to anyone looking for a host.
I think Airbnb should extend their period of review keeping in mind people have limitations especially with accessing wifi. Just a thought for Airbnb. Please consider that people may still be traveling to different places and want to give their reviews but as I just found out that the window is closed and therefore cannot give my review.
The host would still be pleased for you to send her this review you posted above as a private message, letting her know that you unfortunately missed the review deadline. She could use it as a photo caption or on her direct booking website if she has one..
And while I realize some people may be in remote locations with no access to Wifi, it seems like in this day and age , it would be pretty unusual for someone to have zero Wifi access for 14 straight days.
I have been using Airbnb for many years and have without exception left reviews for all my hosts as I know how important they are. I am the type of traveller who will read ALL reviews before booking, no matter how many there are. Today however, as I was about to leave a review on the last day of the 14 day deadline, I was told it was too late even though there are 8 hours left in my day.
@Patricia3204 The review period is counted from the exact time you receive the notice to review. So if you got the notice at 3PM on your check-out day, the review window will end at 3PM 14 days later. It isn't a matter of it being 4 PM your time and having 8 hours left until the day is over at midnight.
Sorry you missed the deadline, but thanks for leaving reviews for your hosts. I review all my guests, too. And since I get lovely guests, it's a pleasure to leave them nice, 5* reviews.
Thanks @Sarah977 for the info. In the meantime I will take another member’s advice and send a screenshot of our review to our host who was wonderful so that he can add it to his photos if he so wishes. Take care,