I received one of those $100 coupons from Airbnb that is good until Dec. 31st. My only travel between now and then is already planned and paid for. I was going to have my daughter use the code and book our place so I’d just get the money. However, I’m wondering if I can just book my own place or the Airbnb computer will have a hissy fit. Has anyone ever done this? I know we’ll lose a few bucks on fees, but I don’t want it to expire unused.
The only thing I’ve considered doing is booking a friend’s place and they send me the money if I can’t make the trip.
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I’d be extremely surprised if you could book your own place or use the promo code issued to you to book your own place. Vouchers are non-transferrable- your daughter would not be able to use your voucher from her account.
See if there’s another host who wants to “fake book” a coupon trade with you.
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Last night- Just for interests sake, I was looking at rates etc as a guest. When a bit far and the site refused to accept the booking - saying you can’t book your own listing.
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Of course you can’t pass your voucher onto someone else it’s only valid for your use and you obviously can’t book your own place.
Just see it as an opportunity in the next year to book a break somewhere nice .
Let us know when you want special offers! 
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Fortunately my daughter needed an accommodation near an airport for an early morning flight. The host agree to let me use my coupon for her since we are the same family and both are long time Airbnb participants. My daughter was thrilled to pay only $3. Funny she didn’t mention giving me $100 for my coupon, lol.
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I booked my son’s place and he booked mine with our coupons a few years ago.
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You can “gift” them?
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no - you use yours to book his
he uses his to book yours
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