Part vent, part question
We had booked a house for a family stay over July 4th weekend in February. This is on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, near the water, about 2.5 hours from where we live in Western Maryland. Place belongs to a new-ish host, not a SH. It was cute and affordable so we took a chance.
On Friday I woke up to a message saying that the host had cancelled due to COVID-19. Currently, in our state we are on a stay at home but can travel within the bounds of the state for essential business. Our governor has said multiple times that he is looking to open the state up as soon as possible and is partnering with neighboring states for a possible opening in early June at the latest estimate. July 4th is not yet in danger as an occasion to cancel intrastate travel. My trip to Copenhagen mid-May? A different story.
So I scrambled and booked another place-- I have people who are coming to town hell or high water and we have to have something for them to do--these are folks who want to come even now as their state does not have strict lockdown rules in place. I happened to look at the original listing again and the price had gone WAY up and was already booked for July 4th. Either the host wanted to use it for their own purpose or they thought they could make extra money on the holiday (perhaps the first holiday that many will be able to travel.)
Anyone seeing guests or hosts canceling them that far into the future?