&gt; Presumably having broken the terms of the agreement, you&#x27;d be able to sue them for any damages.<p>The &quot;loophole&quot; is there is no way to sue when the host is illegally subletting his apartment at first place. And a good bunch of Airbnb rentals are straight up illegal. Airbnb is a legal nightmare both for guests and hosts. Most of the time everything goes fine. But when things go wrong Airbnb is effectively of little help. That&#x27;s the sharing economy, the risk is passed down to the user of these services, just like Uber, Kickstarter and co.