Accept or Decline?

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I got a Request this morning along with a message from the prospective guest, asking if my internet was working, as she teaches online for 2 hours a day.

I messaged her back, saying that yes, as it says in my ad, I have Wifi, but that I can’t guarantee that she would always have high enough speeds, and that occasionally my internet provider has problems which might mean we have no signal for a few hours or even a day.

Also told her that the signal in the guest room isn’t always strong enough to handle Zoom calls and such, but there is good reception at the dining table on the kitchen terrace, where some other guests have set up to work online.

In conclusion, said that while I can’t guarantee anything, 95% of the time there aren’t any issues, and that if this was an acceptable risk for her, to please let me know and I would accept her booking, that if I accepted without hearing back from her, she’d be charged right away, so would wait to hear back from her.

I sent that message 6 hours ago and she hasn’t replied. I can wait until bedtime, but as I need to either accept or decline by 8 am tomorrow, and am not into leaving my phone on during the night and letting Airbnb stuff disturb my sleep, if you had this situation, and she hadn’t responded by the time you go to sleep, would you accept or decline?

I am leaning towards declining, along with a message saying I only declined because I hadn’t heard back from her, and that if the Wifi situation was acceptable to her, to just put in another Request.

(If she had sent this as an Inquiry rather than a Request, as she should have, I wouldn’t have this dilemma)

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What about setting an alarm for 7:30 AM to see her response before deciding?

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Thanks for the response. She actually got back to me about 2 hours after I posted this, after I sent her another message, saying I was still awaiting her response. She thanked me for being honest about no guarantees on the Wifi, and said she’s open to hoping it will be okay and wants to stay. She had several reviews, all excellent, so I accepted. It’s only a 3 night booking, anyway. If it was 2 weeks, I would be more wary of her wanting to cancel part way through her stay.

As far as setting my alarm for an hour or two before I normally get up, nah, I don’t really put Airbnb stuff ahead of getting a good night’s sleep. :wink:

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