That's what I thought as I had a bad guest that wanted to book the following year and enquired about trouble not being able to instant book. As asked I told her in a polite way I don't know why. It kind of puts you in a weird predicament . Like blocking your dates
Well, the "not-to-host-again" option prevents the guest from IB on ANY listing. He simply does not see the IB option any more – nowhere. So I wonder why the guest is asking just you – it could be any other host, or it could be that you just inactivated the IB option for your listing (as we do during the pandemic).
@William362 I think, and this may be wrong, but I think that "not host again" plus under 3 in every category blocks the guest from seeing your listing in search. The "not host again" only prevents IB. So yes, it does make for awkward conversations if its not a match. I had one lady like this. Never in a million years do I want her back but she loved the space and wanted to return. I just said "Oh I am sorry. We loved having you but will not be able to host you again as there was a lot of extra clean up and my cleaning crew isn't equipped for it." She never responded after that.