You still can leave right star-rating - as I understand it&#x27;s not visible for the host. Even with bad reviews - you can calmly choose hosts for the future staying and ignore few who don&#x27;t want to rent listing to you because of bad reviews, why do you need those hosts anyway (it&#x27;s good filter for bad hosts)? And yes, you should have backup plan - addresses&#x2F;phone number of hotels&#x2F;airbnb listings you can use in case of emergency.
I always try to leave truthful review, with specific detail about the listing because I think it&#x27;s very useful thing in AirBnB.<p>&gt; As far as I&#x27;m concerned the AirBnB refund guarantee is mostly useless.<p>I used it with success. When one host started ignore some additional questions after booking, I decided to shorten my stay there in advance (and was right about it) - host had flexible return policy and I&#x27;ve got my difference back without problems. AirBnB&#x27;s support was helpful.<p>I used AirBnB for more than 10 times now and overall my experience is very positive, you usually get much more for much less money, compared to hotels. I didn&#x27;t use it in USA though, mostly Europe and Asia.