I think that's very insightful.... and before I called the police, I was trying to talk to the girls empatheticly, asking if they needed help... I'm a drug and alcohol counselor and advocate for those in need. Their reaction was violent, screaming, throwing things in my house etc.. so I walked away and didn't say another thing.
I have read news articles last night about this, and it seems to be on the rise. Im finding out im not the first host with this problem. However, like me - Airbnb did not support the host and accused those hosts of discrimination & judgemental of sex workers.
I don't judge what people feel they need to do, I'm an activist, and advocate for ppl in need. But, being a substance abuse counselor, who sees clients in my home at times, cannot have illegal activity/drugs under my roof.
To add insult to injury, one of the girls who was here unapproved made an airbnb account just so she could harass me, calling me racist, a dumb bitch ass &*nt and became threatening.
I briefly explained why I needed to ask them to leave, citing only the violation of House Rules - no drugs, no smoking in house, and no unapproved guests.
It saddens me that these girls feel stuck that this is their best option, but it was not possible to speak reasonably to them, so I didn't try.
I just reminded them to please read Airbnb's policies before booking again, then reported the conversation and blocked them.
I hope Airbnb will review her threats, as they were not only aimed toward me, but also my sister who lives w me.
Airbnb told me I was on my own to handle removing them. And then, like I said, had to reimburse the remaining days. I had to turn down an inquiry to book tonight because I'm still working on cleaning the room. The smoke smell is awful, curtains smell... found a bad of something that looks like crack under the bed, I guess they couldn't grab it once the cops were standing there watching them so they wouldn't do anymore damage.
Im going to contact airbnb and discuss sex trafficking. One of the girls that arrived (unapproved) didn't look of age and refused to show me ID or give me her real name. Only her working first name.
Not safe, not acceptable Airbnb.