Hi everyone,We recently hosted a guest who caused significan...
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Hi everyone,We recently hosted a guest who caused significant damage to our balcony flyscreen door. This wasn’t a minor issue...
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My daughter and some friends are wanting to rent this listing. I don’t trust it and think it might be a scam. Only 4 reviews and not very detailed. Host is simply “South” and he/she mentions whatsapp. Thoughts from this community?
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@Julie5701 It looks fine in itself BUT be warned 'South' has 19 listings and 1576 reviews. As such she has less skin in the game than a host like us. Also each listing has very few reviews which further suggests she may cancel and re-list them when she gets bad reviews.
Just click on her profile and then read the reviews for yourself as I only scanned them.
In summary I think the place will be real but may not be of the best standard.
@Julie5701 It looks fine in itself BUT be warned 'South' has 19 listings and 1576 reviews. As such she has less skin in the game than a host like us. Also each listing has very few reviews which further suggests she may cancel and re-list them when she gets bad reviews.
Just click on her profile and then read the reviews for yourself as I only scanned them.
In summary I think the place will be real but may not be of the best standard.
Thank you very much for responding. I appreciate your expertise.
Personally I wouldn't book through a large scale management company with over 1500 listings as support they often offer when there is an issue is often limited - for example they only keep office hours for support.
As @Mike-And-Jane0 says their profile appears to show few live listings yes their host profile shows 1500 which often a sign they have deleted listings with low reviews.
Thank you very much.