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Notes on disclosure, acknowledgment, and evidence.

Plainspoken writing on disclosure, acknowledgment, and what a host can actually do before a guest checks in. No hype, no hot takes.

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Airbnb Extra Guest Fee: Set It, State It, Collect It

Set a fair extra guest fee, state it in the right places, and build the paper trail that makes it collectible when guests go over your occupancy limit.

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Airbnb House Rules Template That Holds Up

A clear, copy-ready Airbnb house rules template. Covers occupancy, fees, smoking, and damage — worded so guests read it before check-in.

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Why Airbnb deposit disputes are so hard to win

Hosts assume the deposit is theirs to claim. AirCover and the Resolution Center decide on the file, not the damage. What moves a dispute, and what sinks it.

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A guest broke your house rules: your options

It already happened: smoking, extra guests, a party. The realistic sequence of what you can do, from message to claim, and the step you wish you had set up.

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Itemizing short-term-rental fees so they hold

A lump "fees may apply" line does not survive a dispute. Name each fee, attach a number, get it acknowledged. How to itemize the four fees hosts most often try.

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A screenshot isn''t evidence: tamper-evident

Hosts hand over screenshots as proof. A reviewer sees something anyone could edit. What separates a record that holds: hashes, timestamps, a captured signature.

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Sign first, then send the check-in code

Most hosts collect agreement after the guest is already in the door. An acknowledgment captured before check-in is voluntary, timestamped, and hard to wave off.

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How to write Airbnb Additional Rules that hold

The Additional Rules field is the disclosure half of any Resolution Center case. The format reviewers expect, and how to write rules and fees that line up.

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What do unsigned fees cost you per year?

Most hosts intuit their fee-dispute exposure but never size it. The math is simple: stays times incident rate times fee. A walkthrough with three profiles.

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5 rules every STR house rules packet is missing

Five house rules most short-term-rental packets omit or word too weakly to enforce: occupancy, quiet hours, unregistered guests, pets, and checkout.

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How Airbnb's Resolution Center actually works

The Resolution Center is mediation, not automatic billing. What it weighs: the disclosure-plus-acknowledgment requirement, the 14-day window, and a clean file.

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Why AirCover claims get denied

Most denied AirCover claims fail for one reason, and it is not the damage: the disclosure-versus-acknowledgment gap, the 14-day window, and the missing piece.

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