Nothing sucks more than bad Customer Service! Will try to help as many of you as possible and also tag some executives along the way.
#CustomerServiceHell
We are in the middle of a Customer Service crisis.
Many companies continue to spend less and less in this area and view it as trivial. They're reducing headcount, increasing hold times, enforcing stingier refund policies, training their agents poorly, resorting to bots, and
@SureAsMel
@Airbnb
Yikes! Sorry about this. They deny refunds to almost everyone so don't take it too personally.
Make sure to dispute it with your credit card if you haven't already. You've got plenty of evidence to support your case and they're all well aware of Airbnb's tactics by now.
@daveholtz
@AirbnbHelp
That depends David. 99% of the time this is an easy No because the company prioritizes Customer Support dead last after everything else, but now that you've amassed millions of views you actually have a shot!
The only time that they assist with cases like this is to save face.
@triketora
Yikes, sorry about this Tracy! Another thing they are vastly inferior on is Customer Service (probably the biggest thing really) and that's why I tell people to avoid them like the plague.
Thank you for posting this. The more people who know the truth, the better.
@ATTNEWS
What a massive failure on your part AT&T. Technology is never going to be perfect of course, but your response to this situation has been a good lesson in what NOT to do from a Customer Service standpoint.
@iamharaldur
Classic PR move from them to save face.
I'm glad you got this resolved Halli and that the Icelandair Special Children Travel Fund is getting something out of it, but it remains a cautionary tale for everyone else. They would *never* consider doing this for 99% of their users.
@iamharaldur
@Airbnb
Hi Halli - very sorry about this! Unfortunately it's a common occurrence on this platform and
@bchesky
doesn't really seem to care about fixing it. Ever.
It's one of the many reasons to avoid them and use hotels instead. Make sure to dispute this with your credit card company.
@TheDUIGuyPlus
@Airbnb
@AirbnbHelp
Hi Larry - really sorry that you had to experience this!
Airbnb rarely helps people get refunds even when they're entitled to them so I would NOT rely on them. You should file a dispute with your credit card because the host clearly harassed you and you were forced to leave.
@aplusk
@Airbnb
Hi Ashton - I strongly urge you to partner with companies that don't completely turn their backs on their customers and let them fend for themselves when they need help the most.
Airbnb has consistently had terrible Customer Support for years now and it's only getting worse.
@ATTNEWS
One to two billing cycles for a $5 credit to appear for a full-fledged outage that lasted multiple hours.
Does anybody at this company actually care about your customers AT&T?
What the hell is this?
During his entire tenure as Airbnb Founder and CEO, Brian Chesky has never given us a true, authentic discussion regarding his company's questionable Customer Service operations.
Luckily, I did it for him. 😃
#Airbnb
#CustomerService
#BadCustomerService
@bchesky
@airbnb
@AirbnbHelp
And here are some for you as well!
1. Copying and pasting is obvious and robotic.
2. Offering a 5% refund to someone in crisis is beyond tone deaf.
3. Ghosting people when they really need your help is a big no no.
4. Calling people back at 4am local time is INSANE.
Thx.
@jdroege
@dkhos
Their Customer Support team also has a pretty good run rate. Out of every 100 users who write in with an issue, Uber's Support runs away from about 90 of them.
@Phil_Lewis_
If this was 5-6 years ago I would've been upset about it because I do like the concept of it.
But now that their Customer Service is so terrible, less listings means less fraud, failed refunds, ruined vacations, ruined homes and whatever the heck else happens because of them.
@bchesky
Let me guess, none of the improvements are going to have anything to do with Customer Service.
I hope you prove me wrong Brian, for for the sake of your hundreds of million of users.
@SnazzyTrinkets
@AirbnbHelp
@TheDUIGuyPlus
There's a slight chance they will since Larry has a huge following and they'll do anything to avoid bad PR, but normally they wouldn't do a single thing for this.
You're right about hotels and that's why I urge people to use them instead. This company simply cannot be trusted.
@Austen
It's not your fault Austen. Usually these systems are intentionally designed to be difficult to navigate with the hope that people just give up and stomach defeat.
Pretty sad really.
@triketora
@Earl_GreyT
Glad you got this resolved Tracy. I just wish that they put this much effort into helping everyone instead of just the people who have thousands of followers.
I wish I could call it kindness but at the end of the day it's merely a PR stunt.
@weirddalle
It's legal because they clearly state it in writing.
But that doesn't mean it isn't a sleazy, slimy, unethical attempt at recouping their customers' money for as long as possible.
I don't care how big your company is.
What industry you're in.
How long you've been around.
Retail or Service.
Public or Private.
There is NEVER an excuse for bad Customer Service.
Your users deserve timely and helpful Support, and above all, respect.
#badcustomerservice
What's the absolute worst Customer Service experience that you've ever had?
Make sure to tag the offending company so that they know how much they wronged you. 😠👇
#CustomerService
#BadCustomerService
#CX
@DrSyedHaider
Wow, sorry about this Dr. Haider! Like many other policies that Airbnb has no idea how to support, this one doesn't make any sense to me.
You absolutely do have rights and if the owner isn't saying anything about it then I would just stay there for now.
@DanteTheDon
The problem is, once a company is a monopoly they have no incentive to do anything well. They're getting the business regardless.
And that's why you'll see some of the worst Customer Service from these places. Fanatics, Comcast and Ticketmaster are all good examples of that.
@bchesky
A herculean effort to improve your Customer Service. It's the worst part of your platform by far right now and it needs a vast overhaul Brian.
Your customers are begging for it and you can't keep ignoring them.
@Da_mirror91
I totally hear ya...and their Customer Service is so terrible that you'll likely get your wish.
Brian acknowledges that the company is broken and that the CS is bad, but he's never done a single thing to fix it. Really mind-boggling.
@bchesky
Do yourself a favor and search for "Airbnb Customer Service" on Twitter. And then scroll through a few hundred of the results.
You don't need to ask people for their suggestions here Brian. The evidence is right in front of your face.
@Tyler929394
Most companies: "We are incredibly sorry about this and we'd like to do everything we can to make this right for you asap!"
@AirbnbHelp
: "Oh, hi. Can you send us a DM so that we can take a closer look?"
🤦♂️
@gunsnrosesgirl3
Companies are drastically cutting Customer Service budgets so that they can put it all towards marketing and acquire new, unsuspecting people who haven't had to deal with the CS department yet.
It's truly a cycle from hell.
#Airbnb
#Expedia
#Uber
#Airlines
@Ryanair
@EamonRyan
An open letter to
@RyanAir
:
Dear RyanAir,
Can you please fix your very poor Customer Service instead of creating memes and publicity stunts that nobody really cares about? Seriously. It's bad. And you're literally a service company.
Thanks,
Everyone
@pafmer1
@Airbnb
Hi Pablo, really sorry about this. Unfortunately it happens a lot on this platform and their Exec Team couldn't care less about it.
If you rebooked something for a much higher price you can sue them in Small Claims Court for that. Don't let them steal your money.
@sabrinacartan
Sabrina I am so sorry about this. Losing a pet is such an awful experience.
I know you can never bring Lenny back, but you can definitely sue for this. Don't let the host get away with this negligence.
@sama
And the quality of their Customer Service sets the absolute bottom of the barrel mark across all industries.
Keep praising Brian for product launches and he won't do a single thing about it either.
@Dr_AlexM
@Airbnb
@AirbnbHelp
It's a shame that Airbnb continuously promotes their commitment to safety while ignoring it time and time again, but that's the reality sadly.
It's also a rarity that writing to a Support Team is actually *counterproductive* but that's the case more often than not with them.
@AirbnbHelp
Then why do you constantly ignore people when they write to you with safety concerns?
Just writing a nice sentence or two on Twitter doesn't mean anything. You actually have to follow through and do it.
@ispeakdesi
@SureAsMel
@Airbnb
A lot of them don't know how awful the Customer Service is, so there's that (these viral instances thankfully raise some awareness). But I think it also comes down to price and convenience. Maybe it's a better location, maybe it's a large travel group, etc.
Airbnb is trending for all the wrong reasons right now and what a shocker that is. Who would've thought that ignoring their users' wellbeing and only caring about profits would come back to haunt them someday? 🤔
#BoycottAirbnb
#badcustomerservice
#airbnb
@ATTNEWS
This has to be one of the laziest apologies I've ever seen from a large corporation. And it's not like it's difficult to write one with some empathy.
Do better than this AT&T.
@UberEats
You love ignoring requests for refunds
You love ignoring requests for refunds
You love ignoring requests for refunds
You love ignoring requests for refunds
You love ignoring requests for refunds
You love ignoring requests for refunds
You love ignoring requests for refunds
😡
Hey
@airbnb
,
Just a friendly reminder that you are a service, and your job is to make sure people are successfully provided this service.
You literally have one job.
PROVIDE. GOOD. SERVICE.
NOT ignore people when they need your help.
So do that.
#airbnb
#badcustomerservice
@elizamondegreen
@AirbnbHelp
Hi Eliza, really sorry about this! Make sure to dispute this with your credit card company if you need to because Airbnb is notoriously bad with refunds (for anything).
Make sure to provide as much evidence as you can and you should be ok.
It's so defeating to see mountains of Customer Service complaints piling up against
#airbnb
, and at an alarming rate. Most going totally ignored.
When the hell are they going to be held accountable for this negligence?
And why won't the media cover it?
#badcustomerservice
@devansood
@Airbnb
@bchesky
Ask him, "How long are millions of Airbnb customers going to suffer for before he actually tries to find a solution for their historically bad Customer Service?"
Let me know what he says. Thanks.
@bchesky
As part of your "research", you should try contacting
@AirbnbHelp
with an urgent issue from one or more of your stays to see what millions of your users have to put up with on a daily basis.
Unless of course you're already well aware of this and are simply ok with it Brian.
@baljitgill24
@Airbnb
Yeah, stay with them if you want the most negligent Customer Service ever known to mankind.
They owe their success to their Hosts and Guests and they treat them like dirt when it really counts.
@Chefstrobel
@AirbnbHelp
@Airbnb
Really sorry about this Chef! This is a rampant problem on the platform and Airbnb continues to ignore it and let people fend for themselves whenever it does.
Book a hotel if you can, and if the upcharge is high you have the option of suing for that later.
If you're sick of
#airbnb
's alarming lack of customer service and regard for their users, you are not alone.
Please help me spread the word with hashtag
#BoycottAirbnb
and/or retweet this so that we can warn others and hold ABB accountable.
Enough is enough.
#badcustomerservice
@bchesky
One out of FIFTY items is related to the thing that people complain about the most Brian - your Customer Service. You're making it a 2% problem when in reality it is way, way worse.
Why does this continue to be glossed over by you and your team? This is madness.
@bchesky
Brian - what good is doubling the number of Support agents if they all copy and paste from scripts and sound like robots? This statistic is meaningless unless the Support is actually good.
I really wish you would address the *quality* of support, not the quantity of it.
@dkhos
@Uber
@TheRevAl
@joinpursuit
And how many of those 1,500 seats will be filled with Customer Service Agents, out of curiosity?
Just kidding. I already know the answer is zero. 🤦♂️
@bchesky
My heart is hoping for vast improvements to your Customer Service infrastructure, but my brain is telling me not to be so foolish.
Either way, I hope you address this at least a little bit Brian, because Airbnb has become the Gold Standard for unhelpful and lackluster Support.
@texasrunnerDFW
And this is on top of the fact that they have the worst Customer Service out of any large company on the planet.
Not looking great for them to be honest...
@ExpediaHelp
Longer than average...so instead of keeping people on the phone for 3-5 hours, you're gonna keep them on the phone for a few days instead? Wonderful.
Your self-service options are not very helpful so people contact your Support Team instead. Maybe try fixing that first.
@dansolomon
@vrbo
Sorry that you had to deal with this Dan. All of the
@ExpediaGroup
companies have poor customer service so it doesn't surprise me that they failed to help you.
As others have mentioned here, a credit card dispute will be the easiest and most effective option here.
@llaureno23
@Airbnb
This is what happens when a company doesn't care about Customer Support whatsoever. Now they have lots of pissed off people complaining on every single tweet of theirs, but it still doesn't phase them.
Worth avoiding this company completely until they address this.