🏡 Airbnb Host Question

[Sabrina-And-Patrick0]

If you already have a confirmed booking for a weekend in October, and then receive a new request for a longer stay from September 21 through October 31, how would you handle the request?

Would you:

1. Decline the longer booking because of the existing October reservation?
2. Ask the guest if they could adjust their dates around the existing reservation?
3. Keep the October reservation and offer the guest the available dates before and after that weekend?
4. Handle it another way?

I’d love to hear how other hosts would approach this situation. What would you do? 🤔🏡

[Emiel1]

@Sabrina-And-Patrick0 

That new booking request can never have been received by you , as not all dates are available.

So the question is fictional

[Helen3]

The new inquirer will know some dates weren't available during the period they wanted to book.' @Sabrina-And-Patrick0 

just confirm with them which dates are available but most likely they won't want to book if you can't offer the whole time

the professional and decent thing to do is not to contact the original guest at all - I would not ever ask them to change their arrangements.

[Sabrina-And-Patrick0]

Thank you

[Joelle43]

Hello @Sabrina-And-Patrick0 

For you to have received such a request from a guest, they would have had to send you an information request as it's impossible for a host to receive a trip request for dates already booked by someone else.  These are two different things with different actions to take by the host. 

Look up on Airbnb the fines and other serious consequences when hosts cancel an existing reservation for no valid reason.

I would NEVER cancel an existing reservation - the cancelled dates get blocked by Airbnb anyway so you wouldn't be able to accept a longer reservation anyway! 

[Shelley159]

As the others have said, a confirmed booking is a contract with the guest @Sabrina-And-Patrick0 

Host cancellation carries multiple penalties.