Timeline for Book one night on Airbnb, then make a deal with the host to book directly. Any downsides?
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| Sep 30, 2022 at 7:53 | comment | added | Chris Morris | Update: this is now in section 12.1 under Airbnb Platform Rules: "Do not request, make, or accept a booking or any payment outside of the Airbnb Platform to avoid paying fees, taxes or for any other reason." | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 7:42 | comment | added | Jasen | There's not a 0% chance of detection, they can spot patterns of a place becoming unavailable for extended periods after being let successfully. the can apply geolocation to the tenant accesses to their site before during and after the rental period. etc... | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 0:40 | comment | added | Dan Dascalescu | @Kat: many hosts switch from communicating via the app (which is pretty terrible), to WhatsApp. Airbnb can't monitor those discussions. | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 19:17 | comment | added | Ross Presser | Suppose I booked a week in 2018 and want to return in 2020. Does the TOS require that I book through Airbnb, even a year later? | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 17:09 | comment | added | Kat | @knallfrosch maybe, maybe not. I've had conversations with guests get flagged asking me if they tried to make a deal outside Airbnb. So they must have algorithms to look for it, and there'd be enough discussion through the app to be suspicious. | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 12:10 | comment | added | knallfrosch | There is a 0% chance that AirBnb will find out. That said, the top answer explains why it's still not worth the trouble. | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 8:52 | comment | added | user72952 | There is a 0% chance that Airbnb would take legal action against anyone for doing this - they're not going to pursue a few hundred pounds through courts. It's far likelier that they will terminate any involved accounts instead. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 22:38 | history | answered | Nate Eldredge | CC BY-SA 4.0 |