okay, so @Jeff69 , how much truth is to Airbnb saying that with IB, the host can cancel penalty free? So you did that with an IB booking, yet you had to jump through hoops to get your $100 penalty slap reversed, right?
Gorgeous home you got, congrats!! and you got your superhost status back, that's good..
I'm experimenting with IB a bit - don't like it - but as soon as I turned it on, I got two bookings within 24 hours. For now, I turned it off again, but will probably turn it on again when I am really looking for bookings.....
My experience lately is that guests just casually inform me of a much later arrival time than is stipulated in my house rules. So far, it seems easier to go with the flow (and to accept it) than to stick to it, or go through the cancellation procedure, with Airbnb on my back and not trusting their reaction.