Guest acting friendly to take advantage. Not respecting the rules

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Salma109
Level 2
Beverly Hills, CA

Guest acting friendly to take advantage. Not respecting the rules

Hello . I’m a female super host.
I have 5 start rate.

I live with my dogs in the living room and I rent 1 bedroom in ny apartment.

 

The last bookings I have hard time

sometimes with the guest especially females;

 

 they acting  nice to me , they want to be my friend , and then ask for many favors  I don’t provide in the listings .
The last guest;

 

she ask me to help her take her suitcases (6 big suitcases) to her another apartament .

I di… 
After she told me come to the pharmacy with her 
after she asked me to go to the supermarket 

when I go for a walk she’s like ;

-wait for me I come ….
I’m like ….  👀 

She wanted to eat with me and share a lot of time . 
well I make all this efforts to try to make her comfortable and trying to be friendly ,
I love help but 

honestly…. 

I hate that guest, take a lot of time from me, without even thinking (  we are not friends ) 

I need my time, my space , I love my time alone . I’m introvert . 

later she asked me if she could stay sharing with me, without doing Airbnb .

 

I tell her

-No, Airbnb is my business, I can’t do that. 

 next day she ask The same question.

we could live together and share …

So annoying. 

 

She still acting nice the whole time . BUT 

She end up giving me 4 start in cleaning and value ,

but 5 start overal rating .

I feel very upset that guest like her always take so much time energy from me and then end up giving me low rate .


They rent a room not my time . 
IS IT normal that I end  up hating this guest ? Now she’s my neighbor. She lives close to me . And I don’t even want to see her face anymore . I gave her 5 start rating . I never rate. Less that than to any of my guest even if they weren’t that nice. 


what do you think about this ? 

1 Best Answer
Fred13
Level 10
Placencia, Belize

@Salma109 You are high on human kindness (good for you!), a true giver; unfortunately there are a lot of takers out there. When you have time maybe practice in front of a mirror how to say "No" with 'kindness' and then try it on her. Let us know how it went. 🙂

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Fred13
Level 10
Placencia, Belize

@Salma109 You are high on human kindness (good for you!), a true giver; unfortunately there are a lot of takers out there. When you have time maybe practice in front of a mirror how to say "No" with 'kindness' and then try it on her. Let us know how it went. 🙂

Salma109
Level 2
Beverly Hills, CA

Ooh thank you and thank you for the advice . I will definitely practice….. 

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