In the US it is required that guests be 25 years old to rent an entire house, so it wasn’t just “not passing the party sniffer test”, they straight up violated policy. ...
then...
I had a child rent out my house (I of course did not know this, since I can’t see their age). They were clearly local, since all their friends drove to the house to party. Some of the kids got picked up from their parents the next day
and...
so how did this happen? How did Airbnb allow an 18 year old to rent my house? They damaged the place and it’s costing me way more than the rent I got from these hooligans. ... [OP]
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Brenda, here is the time to think a little outside of the BOX.
[A.] Document all damage, and [B.] as a very concerned citizen - but of course they were KIDS, report this to local POLICE STATION, illegality of it all [kids +alcohol, + renting + party] and god knows WHAT MIGHT have happened that one or another party goer, one day will report 'a crime' in 3-5 years and involve EVEN YOU 😞 ... nothing could come of it but get an 'incident report/ number' and forward it to A'bnb, Then you have House Insurance or A'bnb Cover [insurance] and ...that's all you can do.