A guest cancelled but I still was asked to give a review. What's up with that?

[Teri23]

I got asked for a review on a guest I didn't host.  I wrote a review to try to not hurt someone unnecessarily but should have just skipped it.  If a guest cancels, why would I be asked to post a review?

[Branka-and-Silvia0]

@Teri23 this is strange... are you sure he officially canceled? And those days were reopen on your calendar?

[Marit-Anne0]

@Teri23

If a guest cancels through the site and has status as cancelled in "Your Reservations" you should not be prompted to leave a review.  

A no-show where the guest never arrived and you get paid for the stay, the system will not recongize this as a cancellation and a prompt to review will follow.  

In the latter case, you could just write that the guest never showed up. No big deal. You have a similar review to your own profile reading "Must have had a change of plans".

[Kate317]

I just had the same thing happen last week, I haven't left review yet, will I be penalised (stars etc)?