unilateral calendar blocking

[Rob8254]

I recently rejected a booking inquiry for genuine reasons, it was outside the boundaries of my listing requirements, then AIRBNB unilaterally blocked out these dates so I could not take other inquiries for the same dates. This seems extremely unfair. Is there a way to avoid this- or do the dates open up automatically again after a few days? Is there a way to directly contact airbnb to challenge such action? thanks rob

[Emiel1]

@Rob8254 

When it was about an inquiry the calender will not be blocked.it is not even mandatory to decline, just answer the question.

But when it is a booking requests , dates can be blocked under cirtain circumstances. (fe: you decline because of "dates not available"). But then you can make the dates manually available again.

How-do-i-make-dates-available-or-blocked-on-my-calendar

BTW when you cancel a reservation, dates will be blocked and remain blocked.