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To be honest/fair, this is an old issue. They now penalize landlords who do that, which means if your host did, they probably have a very good reason. Not saying there aren't a host of other issues with airbnbs and that for many situations having a hotel is a better deal.

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I think the correct incentive alignment in this case would be that Airbnb (instead of the customer) takes responsibility for finding and booking an alternative of the same quality, whatever the cost.

That would, in turn, incentivize them to minimize this behavior. And it would alleviate my concerns. Yes, they'll eat the cost occasionally, but they'd arguably still have my business - so they can weigh the benefits of that

If they have cleaned up they have done a shit job communicating how they are fighting fraud and protecting users

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