@Bex1 wrote:
A 3rd rejection!
Your story is exactly why AirBNB has become Nanny AirBNB as of late. Being rejected multiple times is extremely frustrating for potential guests– the waiting for 24 hours, being rejected, having to do even more searching and reading, being rejected once again.
The result is that AirBNB rewards hosts that remove that friction point by allowing Instant Bookings. They get better placement.
However, you still have hosts rejecting valid booking requests for whatever reasons. Of course, hosts on this forum claim that they are vetting, using their guts, etc, but the bottom line is every rejection of a booking request is an off ramp from AirBNB to some other accomodation. The result? We are now penalized for rejecting too many requests in our quest for Superhost status.
Neither tool is sophisticated. The reward/punishments are rudimentary. Instead of tweezers, AirNB uses sledgehammers. Nuance is not part of the alogorhythm.
The next time you are angry about the systems that AirBNB is enforcing, it might help to remember @Bex1 and the frustration they are having using airBNB as a guest.