Nathan Gesner
Has your insurance provider ever canceled your policy?
I manage a lot of rentals. One of my owners has been with Farm Bureau for about 25 years. They insure eight apartment buildings on three separate properties, 36 units in all.We had a kitchen fire in 2018, tenant cause...
Cliff H.
New AirBnB Host Cancellation Policy - 10/9/23
AirBnB just updated their Host Cancellation Policy to remove the $1,000/booking cap, remove the "The listing doesn’t fit the needs of the guests" as a valid reason, and tiered cancellation fees across the timeline bel...
Gulliver R.
Cancellation Policy tips and Listing on other OTAs
Hi All,I have my Airbnb listing set to "Firm (New)" for cancellation policies. Wanted to know what your guys' / gals' thoughts are on what is the best cancellation policies out there? Also, I have my STR on Airbnb and...
Matt Devincenzo
Monthly Stay Refund policy
I'm currently listing a unit for monthly furnished stays on several platforms. One is AirB&B and I'm setting the refund policy. What's a good policy to set for this? I don't yet have a sense for how many travelers...
Richard Lovering
Covid clause for Seasonal rental agreement?? What are you using?
Hello BP and fellow STR friends! We closed on a VT condo that's part of a ski mountain resort. I have a seasonal renter lined up for December through mid April. The main concern from the renter is Covid19. Specificall...
Andrea Cole
To Refund or not to refund
We run an Airbnb in High Point, NC. This time of the year is Furniture Market, which carries our highest daily rates of the year. We have a guest that was supposed to arrive last night from Texas but her plane got del...
Chris Gottshall
Possible to close the Aribnb extenuating circumstance loophole?
I tried searching for this topic before posting but didn't find anything on this exact topic. Until Airbnb stops permitting cancellations for catching COVID as an extenuating circumstance, I'm wondering... Has anyone ...
Kenny Dahill
Other AirBNB Extenuating Circumstances in The Past?
I'm curious, any AirBNB host ever have extenuating circumstances on the local level before? If so, how did AirBNB handle cancellations then?
For example: hurricanes, flooding, forest fires, blizzards, earthquakes, e...
Samantha Soto
Insurance company threatening to cancel policy due to vacancy!
I bought my first rental property in May in Huntsville, Al, and now the insurance company (State Farm) is threatening to cancel our policy because the property has been vacant for over 30 days. Is that normal? What ...
Brian Kantor
Do you offer any recourse for poor weather impacting STR travel?
Hi there. As is much of the US right now, Southern Vermont is undergoing some extreme weather right now. We had 30" snow last weekend, and temperatures rose today to 45 degrees and pouring rain. The area is flooding p...