If the booking is not yet made & it's still at the inquiry stage, then I guess you could get the potential guest to withdraw the request, amend your pricing, THEN get them to book??
BUT, @Linda3060 , a more pertinent question might be, Does the security bond exist, and will it be any good to me in case of disaster? No money is actually taken, it's just a theoretical notion, and I've read threads here where hosts were unable to recover any losses through the "security deposit."
- Why not have a look at other threads on this subject, and check out the wording of the official policy, Linda?