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Mister B&B - do you use it? Do you host?
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Iā€™ve been letting out my spare room on Mister B&B for a few years. A clean sweep of five star reviews. Itā€™s a private room, shared bathroom, in a modern flat overlooking a park in London (zone 1). Close to everything but quiet, reasonable price, clothing optional. Itā€™s always done pretty well - we are in a very gay area right where the northern line splits so you can be in the west end or city within minutes.

Bookings have REALLY fallen off this year, and I donā€™t know why. You would struggle to find somewhere with as many good reviews at the price I charge.

Iā€™ve also noticed a lot of enquiries that fizzle out: no explanation, they just donā€™t complete. Iā€™ve also had my share of people asking about what ā€œclothing optionalā€ means and an assumption that because youā€™ve rented the room Iā€™ll have sex with you which is just bizarre. Who propositions someone based on a solitary profile pic and zero further information?

I donā€™t want to list my room on Airbnb because Iā€™d rather only let the room to gay/trans men. But to make it worthwhile, I might not have the choice. I canā€™t see that thereā€™s even the option to list as LGBT friendly.

Any other hosts feel that there has been a downturn? Any users think Iā€™m being naive and that misterBandB is in fact Grindr with housekeeping? And does anyone REALLY need ā€œclothing optionalā€ spelling out to them?

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