One simple but powerful reason to avoid using AirBnB: It is very risky

Re:One simple but powerful reason to avoid using AirBnB: It ... by ISeemToBeAVerb on Sunday September 30, 2012 @04:35PM (#4594057)

Yeah, this sounds like poor planning to me. Most of the complaints are limitations of the traveler writing the story, not AirBnB. Plus, the author admits that a tragedy was the reason the homeowner didn't reach out. That's unfortunate for all parties involved, but it does not represent how the service generally works.

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Re:One simple but powerful reason to avoid using AirBnB: It ... by vikramgoyal on Monday October 01, 2012 @05:31PM (#4599452)

The AirBnB service made a bad situation worse by insisting that I pay for cancellation when I had no choice but to cancel as the host wasn't there!

Again, it shows that AirBnB is risky thing to do when travelling with kids, in a foreign country... but I repeat myself.

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