We had a very young man wanting to book with us. He said that the hotels would not let him book because of his age. I think he told us that he was 19 but his picture looked like 14. He wanted to bring his girlfriend with him. We asked him several questions before we said “No.” We ended up telling him that it would be unlawful for us to accept his request to stay plus it would be going against his parents to participate in allowing him and his girlfriend to stay in our home. He gave us some excuse about not being able to meet with is girlfriend at home. I do not know what was going but this question somewhat relates to other posts in this group. Does Airbnb have a minimum age of who is allowed to register an account?
As another host posted that they had a guest who managed to be verified by Airbnb with a fake name I believe that mom and I have encountered the same thing. If Airbnb is not checking out vital information about people then hosts could be in great danger. Who wants to wind up in trouble with the law when they did not even know they were hosting minors? Or who wants to be surprised by a sicko, or serial killer, or terrorist coming into their home? I find this extremely disturbing.
