Want to know your Airbnb relief amount?

[Michael Greenberg]

It occured to me yesterday that I had not heard from Airbnb since they announced their "relief" program for Hosts, so I took to social media to search for information.  I came across an article where hosts had complained about their relief being very small and that this was a publicity stunt by Airbnb.  They did not understand Airbnb's stance that it would be 25% of eligible host cancellation policy (which has clarified for me that it is indeed a publicity stunt).  In the past I've had quick responses sending @airbnbhelp a twitter message, and this was not different.  Within a few hours I received the following response...

"Hi Michael, we’ll invite eligible hosts to apply and start sending out relief grants to approved hosts in late April 2020. We aim to have all invitations sent out by May 15, 2020."

Shortly thereafter, I then received an email with the amount they are providing. I guess timing was everything, however if you haven't heard tweet away. My sincere hope is that you all had a strict no-cancellation policy for reservations.