[jlees]

I'd imagine it's hard to tell the difference between offline bookings from other sources, and repeat guests. We list our room on Airbnb and occasionally on work email lists, CL etc, for longer-term sublets. We have never taken an Airbnb guest offline, but from the surface it would look pretty similar, with the balance of insurance vs someone you have had enough contact with to trust (and the fees/tax aspect), I can certainly see why people'd do it. Especially given a recent experience with unexpected underpayment from them :/