short stories on host and guests
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Carrie's Story:
I was going to a wedding about an hour from home, and had a $100 Airbnb gift certificate, so I decided I would use the certificate rather than drive home after the wedding. This would be my first time as an Airbnb guest.
Using the Airbnb map feature to select a place near the wedding venue, I looked for places that charged right around the $100 mark, and then I looked at photos and reviews. The photos of the place I chose (there really weren’t many photos) looked nice, the description (which was pretty bare-bones) mentioned animals (a definite plus) and there were lots of good reviews. There were NO house rules anywhere, which was disconcerting to me as a host – but I imagine that most guests wouldn’t even notice that.
I contacted the host a month or two before the wedding and she responded that she’d love to host me, and also told me that her sister was considering holding a baby shower there on the afternoon of my arrival. Would that be OK with me? I said it was fine, as long as I wouldn’t be disrupting their party. The Host just said to text her when I got there and she’d receive me.
I texted her when I was on my way and said I’d be just a little later than anticipated. Again, she responded to text her when I arrived. I got there and texted that I’d arrived. There was a decent amount of activity in terms of cars and I saw some people milling about the house. I waited a couple minutes, not wanting to knock or just walk in as I knew there was a baby shower and the Host had specifically said to text her. As I was getting my stuff out of the car, a shower guest was walking past to the house and I asked her to let the Host know that I was there.