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by soul_grafitti 1209 days ago
I'm not a lawyer but for an amount that small the only suing anyone would be doing is in small claims court. And for that amount the 'host' would have to do it themself as the settlement isn't even attorney's fees. Small claims are usually <$5000. As for sending for collection, you have to set up an account with a collection agency, not usually free, do a lot of paperwork and get some percentage of the original fee. Unless she does this a lot and already has a collection agency account it's big PITA for a few hundred bucks. And in this case it's not like the OP is just going to say, "Oh - OK, here you go."

Plus OP has an excellent story to post as a review since as a 'paying' customer clearly has standing in the matter.

AirBnB has gotten so much bad press over their nit-picky extra charges, fees and required cleaning by guests I would not be surprised if they encourage the 'host' to reconsider their position.