Bit sad about the update to this. Today I received notice of a small "misc credit".
Weird. I didn't think I was owed anything. I did have a same-day COVID cancellation from April that I thought should count for the half-of-25% or whatever, even with my flexible cancellation policy. Looked it up. It wasn't that.
I wrote to CS to ask, since there was no identifier on it at all. Got an answer within hours. Turns out it is my system-cancelled Halloween payout. It amounts to a third of what I would have received for that booking.
When they said we would be paid, they didn't say we would be paid in full.
However, Halloween is still a couple of weeks away. Maybe the other two-thirds will show up on November 1?
Oh, quit laughing right now! I mean it!
It's cool. It's something at least, and I don't have to enhance-clean anything for that night.
Anyway, my poor cancelled guest rearranged her calendar and booked a new date and didn't yell at me at all, so that's a happier update.
This was interesting, though: When her original Oct 31 date was cancelled, I got three sketchy enquiries/requests (they couldn't IB, thank goodness!) for that date. One said, "I see there is a two-night minimum to get October 31. Please book just that one night for us ASAP. We are in need of a break." The second, "I just want October 31. Can I pay you for the two nights and you can reimburse me for one of them?" The third was similar.
So my perfect-fit hiker guests got cancelled and the wolves circled.