Suspended Superhost Account Due to Problem Guests that Threw a Party?

Suspended Superhost Account Due to Problem Guests that Threw a Party?

Hello Airbnb community.

 

My Airbnb superhost account was suddenly and inexplicably suspended.

 

On Saturday night, 9/17, guests at one of my Airbnb's threw a party.  We contacted them, spoke on the phone, and they informed us they were having a birthday party with several families for their daughter.  I informed them that we cannot allow parties of any type to happen, due to both Airbnb policies, as well as restrictions on our vacation rental permit.  They did not give any assurance that the party would stop.  In the subsequent hours, guests continued to arrive and the party grew.  We contacted Airbnb and they promptly cancelled the reservation and informed the guest to leave.  The guest packed up and left.

 

Problem solved, right? Wrong - this is where the problems began.

 

On Sunday I pulled up my calendar to see what the week looked like and noticed that any open days were blocked, and that my listing was suspended.  I opened my second listing and saw the same thing.

 

No one from Airbnb contacted me to inform me of any suspension.

 

I immediately reached out to the dedicated super host support team and they informed me that a "specialised" team was handling the matter, that they would notify said team and mark the issue as "urgent".  It is now Tuesday, 3 days removed, and after daily follow ups on my part, I have heard nothing from Airbnb.

 

I am now running in to open nights that would otherwise be booked, costing me thousands of dollars.  I have a mortgage to pay, and a newborn infant and family to support, and Airbnb is endangering my ability to do so.

 

Tagging @David6391 as I saw you had a similar struggle that was resolved perhaps with the help of @Emilie ?  If either of you, or anyone else can point me in the right direction to help me find a resolution that would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

96 Replies 96
Fred13
Level 10
Placencia, Belize

@David9313"They did not give any assurance that the party would stop. In the subsequent hours, guests continued to arrive and the party grew. "

 

This is your mistake, you had a feeling they would not stop, and afforded them hours to confirm your suspicions. Having a party is now dangerous, and when Airbnb gets involved even more so.

 

Good luck, you do have a fine place and people (aka Airbnb customers) appreciate it; from a business point of view the suspension is over-the-top, but you are dealing with an 'answering service' not business majors.

Thanks @Fred13 but I began taking action with airbnb immediately after the phone call with the guest.

@Roselyn89 

@Steve3528 

@Isaac313 

 

More people with the same. 

 

Blow this up! Let's get this thread bumped everyone..

This problem is rampant. 

 

 

@Jose4601 

@Saurabh43 

@Kristin1375 

@Jeff-and-Debb1 

@Jageida0 

@Melvin35 

@David6391 

 

More people, same issue. Help each other out. Post, reply. Find others. Let's end this awful policy! 

@Mike2524 

@Med1862 @Jamie206 @Marcus484 @Sophie-Louise0 @Michael1107 @Ahmed496 

@Irina13 @AZ-Housing0 

 

More people, same issue. Help each other out. Post, reply. Find others. Let's end this awful policy! 

@Catherine-Powell 

Let's get some help over here!

 

This guy calls in a party, something you want us to do and instead of helping out you shut down the listings!? 

Yes, please help! @Catherine-Powell So many people are being unfairly and adversely impacted, this has to change!

@Alexa4210 

@Ryan2808 

@Timothy-and-Kristin0 

@Redzuan0 

 

More people, same issue. Help each other out. Post, reply. Find others. Let's end this awful policy! 

Hundreds of these posts, but they are all spread out. Let's all start posting on this thread and get this issue really noticed. Get this horrible policy\department ended once and for all.

 

Investigate and THEN suspend if needed. Not the other way around. 

 

 

@Carol639 

@Josie159 

@Lauren3333 

@Rafael1338 

@Amit225 

@Daniel9590 

@Casaundra2 

@Margarita462 

@Josie159 

@Martine596 

@Orhan24 

@Sebastian1022 

 

More people, same issue. Help each other out. Post, reply. Find others. Let's end this awful policy! 

Hundreds of these posts, but they are all spread out. Let's all start posting on this thread and get this issue really noticed. Get this horrible policy\department ended once and for all.

 

Investigate and THEN suspend if needed. Not the other way around. 

@Charles1381 

@Samaiyah0 

@Robin4 

@Jolane0 

@Don4271 

@Justine347 

@Alli1022 

@Brandy117 

@Yasmin2 

@Koa26 

@Helen2252 

@Marcie51 

@Faith147 

 

 

More people, same issue. Help each other out. Post, reply. Find others. Let's end this awful policy! 

Hundreds of these posts, but they are all spread out. Let's all start posting on this thread and get this issue really noticed. Get this horrible policy\department ended once and for all.

 

Investigate and THEN suspend if needed. Not the other way around. 

Evan-And-Anja0
Level 5
Santa Cruz, CA

@Jessica2645 

@Roger793 @Q17 

@Jenn5795 @Joanna647 

@Peaches4 

@Daphne160 

@Channing7 

@Orhan24 @Shiveena0 

@Ehisumwen0 

 

 

So many people with the same issue. This is crazy. Post your stories everyone. Make Airbnb fix this. 

Evan-And-Anja0
Level 5
Santa Cruz, CA

Over and over again I see the name @Catherine-Powell 

Can you help, can you get this awful issue fixed?

 

It's simple: investigate 1st and then suspend, not the other way around. 

Mary-Jo28
Level 2
Santa Cruz, CA

I agree, having dealt with this myself. After a week of radio silence from support (calling, messaging, all being responded to with "can't reach that dept") they reinstated my account with no apology and no offer to make up for the lost bookings.

 

Never notified me that was account was temporarily suspended, much less the reason. 

 

@Catherine-Powell 

Inexcusable!

 

We, as hosts, rely on this income, and this platform.  It is completely unfair that unqualified CS reps have the power to shut us down without cause, without communication, without accountability.

Happened to me as well. All my 17 listings were suspended for 12 days because it took Airbnb such a long time to look inte it. No communication, no reason nothing. The problem was that there had been a burglary at one of the properties which had nothing to do with me which also was confirmed by the guests at the time. The guests just happen to report it to Airbnb for their insurance cover and Airbnb reacted by suspending ALL my listings. I found that out later on. This is not fair to responsible owners and property managers. There should be another way to handle this.