Airbnb host shocked by alleged booking payment: ‘Who…
This upcharge didn’t get up-voted.
On the wildly fashionable Airbnb Reddit web page, a poster who recognized themselves as an Airbnb host garnered online consideration after sharing a “crazy” expertise working with the hospitality platform — involving a stunning and sudden additional payment.
The poster explained that they presently have 5 visitors staying at their home, which was initially rented for a week. The guests needed to lengthen their keep for 90 days — a determination that made the host “happy,” as they have been wonderful visitors.
Renting surcharges have been a sizzling subject on Reddit this week. Frankie6067/Reddit
In do-gooder hopes of saving the group money, the host suggested their visitors to wait a few days before re-booking their place, as they’d soon be decreasing their price to the “winter rate.”
“I offer a 20% discount for monthly stays bringing their rate (to me) down to $3100/month,” the host explained.
But the poster ran into an sudden snafu with his thrifty plan:
They declare charges from Airbnb and Evolve (which they describe as their property management contract) had charged a whopping “50% surcharge on the monthly rate.”
The revelation shocked and baffled the accommodating Airbnb host.
“Who can possibly afford to pay near 5k a month?” the post questioned, addressing the digital void.
The unique poster felt that Airbnb’s high surcharges would in the end harm their business.
They went on to share their opinion that the businesses’ sneaky charges have been going to “kill their own business.”
Faced with the visitors leaving their lodging — or worse, leaving a dangerous review — the host realized he may “cut out” Airbnb and Evolve as the middlemen, and offer the visitors a short-term lease himself.
“Crazy, right?” reads the poster’s last sentence, showing to count on Redditors to agree with his real-estate hack.
Turns out, most did.
“Wtf that’s an insane markup, basically doubling their cut for no extra work on a long stay,” one commenter said. “Smart move just doing the short term lease though, you kept good guests and they probably appreciate not getting gouged.”
Many commenters agreeed with the unique poster. Getty Images
“I’ve seen larger [propery managers] do some really shady stuff,” added another. “Mark up the rates, mark up the cleaning fee, everything you can think of to make more money. And then they don’t even do a good job of managing the rates and keeping the property booked. It’s impossible for the owner to make any profit.”
“You gotta go under the table if you’re renting that long,” said one more. “As long as you trust them.”
However, one doubted the poster’s expertise was really true.
“I doubt this is happening,” said one skeptic. “If it is, it’s Evolve (a nightmare choice) not Air B&B.”
This month, Airbnb debuted a surge in new choices, including 3D ground plans to better show a space, grocery supply providers in Europe and even simple boat rental in South Florida.
It also maintains an online help middle to help hosts with their charges.
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