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Re:I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb by koyote on Thursday October 31, 2019 @05:49PM (#21414068)
The traveller is penalised the full price of the stay if they cancel late. Why is the host not penalised the same amount (which would then be credited to the traveller as compensation)?
Re:I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb by rhizome on Thursday October 31, 2019 @06:16PM (#21414348)
Because they're playing the bagman for AirBnB.
Re:I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb by mancerayder on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:13PM (#21415730)
Without the hosts, there's no product, less product, less fees, or pretty listings to flout in marketing.

The availability of affordable and decent listings in Paris is testament how badly they need the existing hosts. Who, by the way, are limited by regulations that limit the number of days a host can list per year, as well as tax registration requirements. None of which I'm complaining about; it's just another factor that makes me predict the situation with quality and honest listings will go down.

Re:I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb by briandear on Friday November 01, 2019 @12:20AM (#21416249)
Hosts are punished. I have had it happen to me when I had an unintentional overbooking on a property I owned.
Re:I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb by alistairSH on Friday November 01, 2019 @12:25PM (#21420575)
How does the overbooking occur? Are you using multiple services and then managing across services manually?