Airbnb Only Stops Screwing Hosts When Hosts Push Back. Arbitration Works If We Use It

HofstraRed · 01-03-2026, 12:52 AM

More hosts need to start filing for arbitration instead of accepting the absurd things Airbnb keeps doing to us.

I keep seeing hosts say arbitration is pointless and that we should just accept it. That mindset is exactly why Airbnb keeps pushing further. Silence makes it easy.
Arbitration is not free for Airbnb. It costs time, money, and resources. One case is easy to ignore. Thousands are not. This is not about winning every case or making false accusations. It is about applying pressure when pressure is justified.

If every host who got screwed actually filed instead of venting and moving on, Airbnb would be buried in disputes and far less able to claw money back, cancel long stays, or rewrite rules after the fact.
This is not one host versus Airbnb. It is volume. It is accountability. It is making bad behavior expensive. If you are done being treated like a disposable asset, document everything, file arbitration, and push back. Airbnb keeps getting away with it because too many hosts let it.

1solidplan · 01-04-2026, 02:16 AM

Here is a helpful and interesting thread on arbitration with airbnb: https://www.reddit.com/r/AirBnBHosts/com..._us_for_a/

LMN109 · 01-04-2026, 02:53 PM

Airbnb needs to create rules where major concerns that would warrant refunds must be clearly documented and addressed with the host as soon as it’s noticed or occurs. If you stayed in a hotel room for 4 days and complained about a “smell” as you are checking out, the hotel would not refund you. It’s a joke Airbnb allows people to so easily get free stays.

nflation · 01-06-2026, 10:24 PM

I think we would have to weight the benifits and cons here. Is there a history of airbnb delisting properties over these arbitration claims? I cant imagine a host who keep filing arbitration claims and then airbnb spending imense amount of time and resources to fight it and doing nothing against the host. If you owned a restaurant and a customer kept suing would you want them back in your restaurant?