Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth Pipes Everywhere”

Re:Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth P... by pnathan on Sunday July 31, 2011 @05:40PM (#2829708)

I'm given to understand that couchsurfing usually occurs when the host is present, which IMO is a risk-mitigating behavior.

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Re:Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth P... by Uchikoma on Monday August 01, 2011 @05:08AM (#2831335)

I think this is more complex:

a.) It reduces the risk that something happens (e.g. burglary) b.) It increases the impact if something happens (e.g. armed robbery, murder, rape)

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Re:Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth P... by Mz on Sunday July 31, 2011 @05:44PM (#2829719)

I have not really been following any of this all that closely (though it's been impossible to miss entirely on HN), but my general understanding is that AirBnB originally was going to do a paid version of that and then, for some reason, decided it would be okay for people to not be present.

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Re:Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth P... by philwelch on Sunday July 31, 2011 @05:58PM (#2829766)

The host was physically present at both of my Airbnb stays.

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Re:Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth P... by Mz on Sunday July 31, 2011 @06:04PM (#2829776)

They can be but are not required to be. That is the distinction I am trying to make: My understanding is that the initial policy was the host was required to be present and then they changed it. And it seems to me the stories we are seeing here are cases where the host was not present.

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