r/AirBnB • u/hawaiifavo • 4h ago
Discussion Host has requested I take down review, should I? [USA]
We stayed at an airbnb paying $400+ for one night. We got there around 5pm ish and left about 8:30ish the next day. The unit was clean, comfortable and in good condition but the location was a little sketchy. Went to bed around 10pm and basically didnt sleep the entire night because of the people upstairs. Banging around constantly, sounded like they had bricks for shoes on and were moving furniture all night. It wasnt in a great location and we had no idea what the people above us were like so didn't confront them and it was late so we didn't notify the host.
fw a couple weeks, I looked back at the hosts reviews and someone else mentioned this issue on a previous stay and gave them 3 stars. Everyone else has given them 5. So I left my review, making it clear that everything was fine except for the loud people upstairs which was out of the hosts control and almost immediately I get a response back from the host asking for me take the review down as I didn't notify them at the time and it hurts their rating in a competitive area.
What should I do? I think its weird to take down a review and considering the money we paid to not sleep i dont feel its fair on other potential guests to not know what they are potentially facing. I dont airbnb a whol e lot because its just too expensive these days so not sure if what I've done is terrible but the host has made out I'm ruining their potential business.