Accept/decline inquires

[Morgan7]

I've had a prior listing on airbnb and some things have changed since. My question is related to inquires. When someone selects dates and inquires about a listing, is it nescessary to decline said inquiry when it's clear, through the conversation, that you can't accomodate them? It seems odd you'd need to decline an inquiry.

Thanks,

Morgan

[Andrée2]

Declining it will get it off of your notifications page but I don't think it's "necessary". They may have added that because periodically new guests would mistake their inquiry for a reservation.