A guest "accidentally" set himself on fire.

Our last two guests at one of our small rural cabins, literally back to back, have asked us if they can use the amenities, a fire pit area, etc. At our neighbor's house! Where he lives. We are discouraged from outdoor fires in our area as it's so close to the national park as it is for guests/tourists so we never put one in and don't have one in our listing. I'm baffled that they would ask and be offended that they can't use our neighbor's personal space and belongings. Like you are getting so much and it's not enough, you need to burn stranger's things? 😆

1 star. Unsafe property the stove lit my friend on fire they almost died

Why on earth did they contact you to help them? Guests sometimes think hosts are their catch-all responsible for 100% of their trip. Sir we just provide the place to sleep. Call an ambulance.

Next thing you know you get a money back request and a bad review because somehow it’s your fault.

Hang on Guest, let me dial the Charles Darwin hotline

New sign time - “Don’t use the stove to light your doobies”

longtime lurker. I sure had FOMO for the past couple years about not investing in the STR game as many of my physician colleagues had. I can’t believe the awful stories many of the AirBNB hosts post about recent guests. From unfair reviews, trashed houses to a story like this! Has it gotten worse for hosts in the past year or so or has this been ongoing? Also, I hope this guest’s guest did go the ER. These type of burns can often cause airway damage that can be life threatening but not be apparent for 12-24 hours later as the throat and lungs swell from the delayed thermal damage.

I'd kick them out due to hazard and safety. Since you can ban low IQ as a reason

Lol. I stupidly did this myself in my 20’s. My lighter wasn’t working and my drunk self thought lighting my cigarette via the stove in my kitchen was a great idea!

Unfortunately for the eyebrows and eye lashes on the left side of my face, I decided to put the cigarette in my mouth and THEN light the stove. Rather than the other way around. The gas clicked but it took a second or two for the igniter to catch and BOOM!

It took about a year for the hair to grow back. Definitely not my finest moment.

I needed this laugh today lol

Do you think that you should put out a bowl of tide pods for them based on their obvious intellectual capacities?

These days you don’t what kind of guests you’ll get or if they’ll even leave. There are some crazy stories on here.

And just think, these dingdongs will be in charge one day....

I hope you presented the Darwin Award in person.

Hit them with an indoor smoking fee.

Smoking in the house? Charge a cleaning fee above the normal fee.

Breaking your rules doesn’t make it illegal.

Either way that’s a crazy situation, glad to hear no body is in the emergency room from it.

It probably is going viral - maybe it will show up soon in the tiktokcringe sub - I’ll keep an eye open for it lol

Tell him you want to footage for your guest "blooper roll". Then charge a fine for smoking in the house.

emphasis on “steady decline in quality”

Fine.

This was your fatal mistake

Omfg. I can't even comment

We had a guest book our cozy lake house for a family getaway. They mentioned it would be 8 adults and 4 kids, which is fine because our house sleeps up to 12 comfortably. They also asked if they could bring a small dog, which we allowed since we have a pet-friendly policy for dogs under 20 pounds.

On the day of check-in, they showed up with 10 adults, 4 kids, and 2 dogs. One of the dogs was a Great Dane, way over our weight limit. They assured us that the extra adults were just visiting for dinner and wouldn't stay overnight. Reluctantly, we agreed, wanting to avoid any confrontation.

Around 8 PM, we got a frantic call from the guest: "Help, my brother set himself on fire!" We rushed over, fearing the worst.

Turns out, the brother, trying to be impressive, decided to light his cigarette using the gas stove. He was wearing a heavily gelled hairstyle and cologne. As he leaned over to light his cigarette, his hair caught on fire. Thankfully, the fire was quickly extinguished, but he ended up with singed eyebrows and some minor burns.

The family was understandably shaken, and we had to firmly remind them about our no-smoking policy indoors and the importance of using appliances properly. The whole incident could have been avoided with a bit of common sense and adherence to the rules.

It's incidents like these that remind us why we set these policies in the first place. It was a relief that no one was seriously hurt, but it's a story we won't soon forget.

Holy smokes!

The entire post is worth it just for these 2 words.

I'm surprised you let them stay when they showed up with more people and dogs...

Aaaaand THIS is why no unregistered guests.

Some bullshit is always given about them not sleeping over, as if I give one shit who sleeps where. Like I'm going to monitor it, or have any way of enforcing who sleeps over and who doesn't.

It's a rare rare rare accident and subsequent lawsuit that happens while sleeping.

Most people are demonstratably less clumsy and make fewer dumb ass choices while asleep. Why is "They're not sleeping," given as a reason I should be okay with someone on property that my STR insurance doesn't cover, much less Airbnb's coverage.

Is lighting yourself on fire while covered with alcohol products really an "accident? "

"One star. Friend of guest covered in petroleum based beauty products ignited his face while attempting to light his doob on our kitchen gas stove. Awaiting Darwin Award submission committee response."

Sorry but this cracked me up! LOL. You need to be a writer! Well, you are I guess. I mean a published writer 😀. Are you? I’d certainly read your books.

How old was your lead guest- 16?

Smdh but actually

This kind of reminds me of my brillant friend who was throwing a bonfire party 30 years ago. He built a huge 10 foot bonfire pile in his back yard, could not get it started so he and his buddy decided to throw gasoline all over the pile. He lit a match and woosh they both got hit with the fire back flash from the gas fumes. One ambulance later, hostless, the party went on. They both ended up fine they just looked like they both had no eyebrows and chemical peels of their faces done by a dermatologist. I can confirm alcohol and weed were both involved. The host did make it back in a couple hours his partner decided to call it a night after he was released from the hospital.

Evolution will sort this out pretty quick.

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Gen Xer here. When I was a teenager some girl would set her gel/ hairspray coif on fire lighting a cigarette during a party. After awhile we stopped panicking.

Holy smokes!

I saw what you did there...

Oh my family was kind of these guests 😅 we rented a giant cabin for a family reunion--13 of us. My brother wanted to warm up some taco shells for lunch. He's 19. My dad says "no problem, just don't get distracted and forget them in the oven." He forgets them in the oven. Flames. Smoke. Thankfully it was all contained to the oven but my mom had to call the owner and explain that we set the oven on fire, that we were cleaning it, but if there was any damage let her know.

My brother scrubbed that thing until it sparkled.

blinks Why didn’t they call 911? Why call the host? I don’t call the front desk at a hotel when I injure myself.

Throw them out immediately. Broke the contract by smoking and showed reckless disregard for safety and your property.

Do you live in the neighborhood and rent your other house by the night? That seems like the problem, right there. Rent it to a family on a 1 year lease minimum… problems solved.

They messaged you that someone was on fire and you rushed over to see if there was a party?

Nice priorities!

You’re conflating youth being dumb with stupid people who have to access to lots of money.

Not many youth have the resources to rent a 20 person mansion.

This has absolutely nothing to do with their age. You can dislike their stupidity, and please do go on about their ignorance of this incident all you want. But don’t rope the rest of us in with this fool.

Why is this a comment? This sub is for hosts. Add value