AirBnB Community Committment

So AirBnB have recently released a 'Community Committment' against discrimination. Which seems to be loosely translated as 'you must accept all bookings'.

https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1523/general-questions-about-the-airbnb-community-commitment

AirBnB hosts and users haven been given the option of sign or cancel your account.

I expect this will lead to the withdrawal of a lot of single rooms in someone's house options. I'd certainly want some control over who I let in my 'space'. As a guest I wouldn't want to be where I'm not welcome either.

Seems like it has been released in a rather hasty manner. It's sign it or don't use airBnB, but at the same time they're apparently open to feedback.

 

I can't see the problem. It's just a commitment not to discriminate, due to race etc - which is actually supported in Australia by law.

 

i think the age thing will suck, i know a lot of people that do airbnb don't like doing it for people under 25. specially in a body corp environment

 

Agree on age.
Interestingly, Airbnb put in their email on someone who requested to book that the guest was actually 25 or over just recently. So was that a mistake - left hand not talking to the right hand?

Disagree on this. If the request doesn't fit my calendar well (eg. Its a request for a 2 guest short stay that also leaves a 2 or 3 night gap before or after their stay), i'm not so inclined to accept.

There are controls so that you can get only longer stays but entering that into the system and additionally choosing what specific days people can checkin and out is more work. I like to see how long every enquiry wants to stay. If that same request was for 6 weeks, or for 3 or 4 guests, (as I get an extra $15 per person per night over 2 guests), then I would be more inclined to take that booking, even though it might leave me a 1-3 night gap beforehand.

I know I can fill all nights if I want to so I might as well try to make it make me the most money with the least effort.

I think people who discriminate against race can be caught if a person tries to book and gets told it's not available, then their friend does something similar on the same listing and gets accepted.

 

Sounds like one of those fluffy 'good corporate citizen' things that won't have much practical impact on anything.

 

For some time Airbnb have been getting tougher with cancellations. They ask hosts the reason a reservation is declined. There are boxes to tick - wrong dates, uncomfortable with the guest (that's a vague one), accommodation 'doesn't meet guests needs' i.e. they have kids and want to stay in a place that has a no kid policy.
I got a rap over the knuckles and a threat recently because I had turned down 10 requests in a row to stay. Some of them had little kids, and that doesn't work at my place. Several were photographers hoping for a cheap location. Half of them were for people wanting to stay before Christmas when the place is booked. So they make an enquiry with dates next year but say in the message something dopey like, 'I actually want to stay in December, not April, but you are booked in December.' So I have to cancel the enquiry and message them, 'Yes, it's booked, you dill.'

 

Lol!

 

I get the same.