r/vrbohosts

I decided to stop taking new reservations on VRBO after 10/28 (last checkout Nov. 1st), but requests keep coming in. The guests I'm getting are really something else though.

"Are you sure no one smoked in your condo?" That's what no smoking means, sir.

"I heard the weather might be bad. Is this true?" Yes, we sometimes have bad weather, sir.

"Why are you renting your place in the off-season? There's nothing OPEN!" -Why did *you* book then, sir?

For context, my condos are on a mountaintop at a MTB/ski resort. My VRBO guests skew older and they are by far the worst people I deal with. They do zero research before deciding to come here and it's just not a good destination for the ancient and infirm.

It can be cold in the middle of summer. It starts snowing in October. Nothing is handicap accessible and there's very little to do if you have mobility issues and your typical vaca is on a cruise ship. Yet they keep coming and wanting to book...the end of October can't get here soon enough 😩

The platform sucks and all their boomer ass guests suck. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Did VRBO increase their host fees by 50%? Is this real?

VRBO doesn’t show you any additional information or breakdown of ratings for prospective guests. To qualify for premier host you must accept 99% of booking requests. I have one who requested two nights over an October weekend. No introductory message. At what point do you just say forget it regarding trying to remain qualified for premier host? Such a terrible system!