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How you pay a host
How you pay
Risks, and what the protocol does
Guest trashes the place or throws a party · host
Signed guest count, no-party clause, deposit attestation and a nightly drip that stops the moment the pact is ended at a night boundary.
Place is nothing like the photos · guest
Arrival condition record is hashed before the first tranche releases. A mismatch voids the pact at arrival with only the cleaning line owed.
Host cancels at the last minute · guest
Cancellation tier is signed both ways. A host who ends a signed pact inside the cut-off owes the guest the same relocation line they would have charged.
Guest overstays and claims tenancy · host
Stays of 28 nights or more trigger a tenancy warning and require a separate local agreement — the pact refuses to draft a 28+ night stay silently.
Undisclosed extra guests · host
Extra-guest rate is signed up front and priced per night at checkout, so nobody invents a number afterwards.
Hidden cameras or surveillance · guest
A signed no-indoor-camera clause; any outdoor camera must be disclosed in the listing before the terms digest is generated.
The signed clauses
No parties or events
No gathering beyond the signed guest count. Breach ends the stay at the next night boundary with no further nights owed to the guest.
Quiet hours
Between the agreed quiet hours the guest keeps noise inside the unit inaudible from neighbouring doors.
No smoking indoors
Smoking or vaping indoors is a deep-clean line at checkout, priced at the signed ceiling, never above it.
Signed guest count
Only the named number of people sleep here. Extra guests are priced per night at the signed extra-guest rate, not invented at checkout.
Pets
Pets only if the listing says so. Declared pets carry the signed pet fee; undeclared ones are a deep-clean line.
Fair utilities
Water, power and gas meters are photographed at arrival and checkout. Only usage beyond the signed allowance is billed, at the signed unit rate.
No re-listing
The guest may not sublet, re-list or hand the door code to anyone not named on the pact.
Tell me the same day
Accidents happen. Damage reported the same day is settled at cost; damage hidden until checkout is settled at cost plus the signed disruption line.
Checkout state
Bins out, dishes done, keys where they were found. Cleaning is already paid — housekeeping is not the guest's job.
Straight answers
Does ZEM hold my money?
Never. Your own rail attests the stay plus the deposit ceiling is covered, then pays the host directly: 25% when the door opens, 45% dripped night by night, 30% at checkout.
What if I leave early?
The drip stops. Nights you did not sleep were never released, so you do not have to argue for a refund of money that never moved.
When do I get the address?
The moment both signatures match the same terms digest. Before that you see the area, so a listing can never be scraped into a burglary map.
What about the deposit?
It is an attestation plus a signed promise, not a hold. Nothing is frozen on your card and no card number reaches ZEM.
Who decides if something is damaged?
Two hashed condition records — arrival and checkout — plus neutral AI triage that separates ordinary wear from real damage. Refuse the triage and the Disputes room arbitrates.
Can I book a month?
Not silently. At 28 nights most places create a tenancy, so ZEM stops and tells you both to sign a proper local lease instead.