| AirBnB Question... 09:36 - Jun 27 with 3845 views | blueasfook |
Off to Spain on Sunday (supposedly) and have booked an AirBnB for 10 days. The host is ignoring my messages to organise check-in for Sunday evening - just keeps saying "will text you tomorrow" for last few days, and it has now gone past the point where I can cancel and get a refund. I am a noob on AirBnB - only used it a couple of times previously. I am getting the impression he is trying to pull a fast one and am not impressed he's ignoring my messages - it feels like he's deliberately put me off until the cancellation period is done. I am getting concerned that he's going to fob me off and dont want to turn up on sunday and have nowhere to stay. What recourse do I have with AirBnB? Have paid nearly 2k for the AirbnB so dont want to lose that amount of money :(
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| AirBnB Question... on 14:21 - Jun 27 with 449 views | giant_stow |
| AirBnB Question... on 14:13 - Jun 27 by Lord_Lucan |
Don’t worry about it Ulla.
He’s almost definitely a proper weirdo, at best he’s an odd bod. |
I feel embarrassed even mentioning it, but I'd always prefer to know what the issue or disagreement is than just a downvote and couldn't resist asking this time. Anyway, onwards... |  |
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| AirBnB Question... on 14:35 - Jun 27 with 414 views | Lord_Lucan |
| AirBnB Question... on 14:21 - Jun 27 by giant_stow |
I feel embarrassed even mentioning it, but I'd always prefer to know what the issue or disagreement is than just a downvote and couldn't resist asking this time. Anyway, onwards... |
Hey Ulla.
You seem an interesting bloke. Gotta see a mate in Chelsea sometime soon.
You fancy a beer either on my way out or back in?
You are in East London right? |  |
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| AirBnB Question... on 14:44 - Jun 27 with 389 views | giant_stow |
| AirBnB Question... on 14:35 - Jun 27 by Lord_Lucan |
Hey Ulla.
You seem an interesting bloke. Gotta see a mate in Chelsea sometime soon.
You fancy a beer either on my way out or back in?
You are in East London right? |
I'm a boring f'cker but would definitely be up for a drink. Only thing is that I'm often on childcare in the evenings, but PM when you know your moves
PS: i'd downvote my post above if I could! [Post edited 27 Jun 14:44]
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| AirBnB Question... on 14:53 - Jun 27 with 371 views | Lord_Lucan |
| AirBnB Question... on 14:44 - Jun 27 by giant_stow |
I'm a boring f'cker but would definitely be up for a drink. Only thing is that I'm often on childcare in the evenings, but PM when you know your moves
PS: i'd downvote my post above if I could! [Post edited 27 Jun 14:44]
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I’m talking daytime drinking.
I’ll be back.
Edit - I wouldn’t lumber you with me of an evening…..
…..not on a first date anyway. [Post edited 27 Jun 14:54]
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| AirBnB Question... on 15:01 - Jun 27 with 346 views | Lord_Lucan |
| AirBnB Question... on 14:15 - Jun 27 by blueasfook |
Is an odd bod better than a proper weirdo? Where does a complete mentalist fit in? |
She’s currently by the pool having a massage. | |
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| AirBnB Question... on 15:06 - Jun 27 with 340 views | mellowblue |
| AirBnB Question... on 12:06 - Jun 27 by Daninthecampo |
As others have mentioned speak to Airbnb asap, not wanting to worry you but the Spanish authorities revoked over 60,000 airbnb licences last month, hopefully this is just a coincidence and the owner is just poor with communications.
Buena suerte! |
just to clarify this a bit. The intention is to revoke them. They are going on a case by case study to find irregularities whereby they can take a batch at a time to get the court order in place. So far around 5,000 have been revoked. Very tough on those that have innocently put their life savings into a holiday apartment rental, who will now either sell at a loss or receive a monthly rental that is a fraction of what was hoped for. |  | | |
| AirBnB Question... on 16:52 - Jun 27 with 279 views | SitfcB |
| AirBnB Question... on 14:21 - Jun 27 by giant_stow |
I feel embarrassed even mentioning it, but I'd always prefer to know what the issue or disagreement is than just a downvote and couldn't resist asking this time. Anyway, onwards... |
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| AirBnB Question... on 17:45 - Jun 27 with 250 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
AirBnB served be fantastically during the pandemic but don't use it as much anymore as mostly just spend my Marriott points for personal trips. However, I still do sometimes book them for trips more in the wilderness or if you want some decent faculties for yourself or even a longer term stay.
I don't always trust online reviews but I would say with that platform they are more important than ever. I typically don't book them unless they have a years worth of decent ones. If your host has that, it should be fine. [Post edited 27 Jun 17:46]
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| AirBnB Question... on 18:39 - Jun 27 with 206 views | bsw72 |
| AirBnB Question... on 11:40 - Jun 27 by giant_stow |
I totally agree that holiday lets add upwards pressure to house prices and that that's a serious downside to them.
But on the other hand, the people staying in them spend money in the local shops, pubs, post offices or in cafes and other tourist businesses. I don't know Lavenham, so can't comment there, but the two villages where my bros places are are on the coast with very tourist dependent economies. Visitors keep those shops and services alive and well (for example, the corner shop in one stay open to 9.30, which would never happen without visitors). Another example: the local bus services runs every hour, which to my mind is pretty amazing for such a small place. This wouldn't happen without tourists. Or how many place shave lost their post office? Not this village, cos they opened up a tea-room as part of it, again for tourists.
And yes, he does contribute to the local economy: he uses a cleaning lady, who went on to start her own holiday let cleaning business - she's since expanded to laundry. The guy two doors down is about to paint the front of the house. Another local just got 20 grand plus off dearest bro to redo the thatch. Another guy in the village (a builder) converted the place for 70 grand plus a few years back. The women over the road is slipped a few quid for putting the bins out. A fella from the next village does the garden. Then my bro of course spends a fortune in the shops, cafe and pubs when there himself too.
(sorry this ended up sounding defensive, but only because I've thought long and hard about the rights and wrongs of this, as I get to stay there too!) [Post edited 27 Jun 11:43]
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Fair enough, and not defensive, your brother sounds like a decent owner, there are many who are not and bring in their mates to do the work on the property etc.
Was curious, so thank you. |  | | |
| AirBnB Question... on 19:31 - Jun 27 with 173 views | Daninthecampo |
| AirBnB Question... on 15:06 - Jun 27 by mellowblue |
just to clarify this a bit. The intention is to revoke them. They are going on a case by case study to find irregularities whereby they can take a batch at a time to get the court order in place. So far around 5,000 have been revoked. Very tough on those that have innocently put their life savings into a holiday apartment rental, who will now either sell at a loss or receive a monthly rental that is a fraction of what was hoped for. |
Whilst the licences may not have been revoked yet, they have already had their properties taken off the listings.
The biggest reasons are due to renting properties in areas not allowed for holiday lets but mostly for not declaring the rental income to the Spanish authorities, which IMO serves them right! | | | |
| AirBnB Question... on 00:28 - Jun 28 with 99 views | Clapham_Junction |
| AirBnB Question... on 14:08 - Jun 27 by giant_stow |
I never do this normally - who cares, but Clapham, you're slightly becoming my downvote stalker. In many ways fair enough, but I just wish you'd say what your issue with a given post was... any chance this time? |
Apologies, I wasn't aware that downvotes needed justification.
Anyway: I'm originally from Lavenham, but like many nicer Suffolk villages, locals have been priced out by retirees from London, second home owners and (more recently thanks to the likes of Airbnb) tourists (and of course the Thatcher legacy of selling off virtually all the council housing, of which there was once quite a lot of in Lavenham). You talked about keeping corner shops open, but if locals can't actually live there, having corner shops is pointless anyway.
Airbnb is massive problem in touristy areas. I lived in very central London for ten years and saw the effect first hand - not least because the flat below me was illegally rented out, making most weekend nights a misery. Dozens of flats on my estate ended up on Airbnb, depriving the area of much needed housing. The vast majority were listed illegally (in London planning laws means you can't do whole-flat short-term lets for over 90 days a year. Airbnb claim they stop people doing this, but people get around it by creating multiple listings for the same flat and then deny they are the same place when it's raised with them; some listings were even flats with council tenancies).
I have no objections to people using Airbnb to rent out a spare room or something, but it needs regulating to stop the loss of housing in areas where there is already a critical problem. IMO it should be a requirement to get permission from the local authority to rent on Airbnb (which is done in some countries) and councils can then stop the loss of housing. |  | | |
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