I’m hoping this could help someone else or perhaps other hosts could shed some light.
Earlier today I had someone message me all nicey nicey asking if 3 nights in September were available. I thought it seemed strange since it’s clearly available in the calendar, but sometimes you get these types of questions I guess.
I replied that they were available.
Her response was that before she could make the payment she wanted to check why there was a duplicate listing which was much cheaper and hosted by ‘Michelle’, followed by 2 links asking me which was the correct one.
I obviously didn’t click them but I don’t believe either were correct Airbnb links and they certainly weren’t mine.
I replied to say that any other account was nothing to do with me but that if she wanted to book she’d need to accept my pre-approval, which would obviously be the correct one.
I then reported it to Airbnb.
I’m hoping I’ve done the right thing- I’ve been hosting for just over a year and it’s the first time I’ve come across something like this!
