Three weeks after checking out of a vacation rental, Janet Reel received a $790 damage bill from her Airbnb host. Airbnb’s “Host Damage Protection Terms” require owners to report damage within 14 days after a guest’s checkout. So why was Airbnb allowing this host to bill Reel for vacation rental damage “discovered” almost three weeks after checkout? Planning a repeat trip to an Airbnb vacation rentalLast Spring, Reel and her son booked the same Airbnb vacation rental they had enjoyed just a few months previously. From Airbnb’s Host Damage Protection terms: The host must report damage within 14 days of the guest checking out.