Throwing house parties in Airbnb rentals violates the platform’s policies, yet remains a common issue for hosts. “We’ve used machine learning techniques to look at the last billion and a half guest arrivals and see which yielded a party and which didn’t,” Chesky says. “If you try to do this through a human eye, you might not notice any patterns, but AI can look through over a billion data points, find a lot of similarities and create a rule set.
My readings suggest there are human hosts that cancel based upon the high likelihood of undesired guests for reasons not allowed by the platform.
Unless there is a way to guarantee that a full refund is given to the guest (plus 10% for every day before 48-72 hours) I am not interested.
If I was a host - I would like to know that someone would be responsible - apart from "home owners insurance" for any damages resulting from a party.
I personally have never used the service. I do not intend to either because I know at the hotels I do not have to take out the trash or get the last minute cancellation.
For larger groups and families I have used other services where I can communicate directly with the owner. I fail to see the use of a middle-man that has no direct interest beyond service fees.
My readings suggest there are human hosts that cancel based upon the high likelihood of undesired guests for reasons not allowed by the platform.
Unless there is a way to guarantee that a full refund is given to the guest (plus 10% for every day before 48-72 hours) I am not interested.
If I was a host - I would like to know that someone would be responsible - apart from "home owners insurance" for any damages resulting from a party.
I personally have never used the service. I do not intend to either because I know at the hotels I do not have to take out the trash or get the last minute cancellation.
For larger groups and families I have used other services where I can communicate directly with the owner. I fail to see the use of a middle-man that has no direct interest beyond service fees.