It’s happened to me - airbnb is happy to present a host with multiple requests for dates, and clocks the dates; if 2 guests ask for the same dates, you get to choose which one to host.
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Good to know. I guess I’ve never had guests request the same dates before, so never knew that.
So when you accept one of them, does the other one automatically disappear, or do you have to decline it?
It goes away…
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Thanks for following up with your information on that topic.
I guess we will have to learn the hard way… We set up a 24 free cancellation rule so that we ‘should’ be able to have BDC cancel the reservation for us penalty free in case the guest does not follow our rules of providing certain information at the time ob booking.
It’s supposed to be very straight forward and simple. So we’ll see how it pans out.
The 24 hour free cancellation rule is offered by BDC, so I can’t see how they would put rocks in our way by asking a commission cut if they’d never get that when the guests cancels…
I just got a reservation request, not inquiry, for November 1 - 4. This is what my calendar looks like when I view my own listing in a private browser:
??? Why would only the 2nd and 3rd show as blocked if the request starts on the 1st?
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I would guess because guests can checkout on the 1st.
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But it’s nights that should show as blocked, not days, no? I can’t really check that, as I use one night prep time, so the calendar date always shows as blocked the night of check-out day and the night before check-in.
Click on the 1st and select 3 nights. See if it lets you request. Maybe you have a Minstay on weekends.
What’s a “mainstay” supposed to mean?
Corrected to minstay… Like 3 night minimum.
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I’ve noticed this on other listings as well. The calendar shows the checkout day as open until I click on it, it says “check out only.”
After you accept one, in the chat or reservation status it will say, “Dates no longer available.” to both guest and host on overlapping request dates.
That airbnb help page had me second guessing myself, but I’ve had up to 3-4 at a time for peak dates in winter. I’m pretty sure dates are open to all requests until you hit accept.
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My wonder is if these are inquiries rather than booking requests. Do you use IB?