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Comment by joshfraser | Hacker News Reader

This is not the first story like this I have heard about AirBnB. They have just done a good job keeping them hush hush and talking people out of going to the cops. Obviously stories like this are horrible for their reputation and AirBnB have a big incentive to try and take care of issues on their own.

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Have you any links for this? Those sound like pretty big accusations to be making without citations.

No links. Just first hand stories from people I trust.

so this kind of abuse has happened so frequently that multiple people you know and trust are able to give first hand stories.

That is shocking.

If it's true.

If there were links, wouldn't that disprove his point?

I don't see what users would have to gain in not going to the police and reporting these crimes. Unless he's implying airbnb is buying their silence

A victim host might be violating the terms of the lease by subletting their apartment, or could be violating local zoning or hotel permitting laws.

And how much is their lease that paying the penalty is worth having their entire apartment trashed, their identity stolen, etc., etc?

What in the world do they offer hosts to keep them from going to the police? And what kind of host would contact AirBNB before calling the police? If I came home and my apartment was ransacked, I'd probably be on the phone to 911 before I even set foot inside.

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