Confused about check in/out dates

[Anonymous]

I am looking at rentals for Friday, July 12th until Sunday morning, July 14th. I put my check in date as July 12th and my checkout date for July 14th, but the total price is charging me as if I would be staying 3 nights. Should I put the check out date as Saturday, July 13th and check out sunday morning? I’m very confused as to why I would be charged for Sunday night as well if that is my check out date. 

[Sarah977]

@Anonymous  You have to think of them as nights rather than days. I know, it's confusing. So in this case, you'd want to book the 12th and the 13th. You would check-in on the 12th, at whatever the host's check-in time is, and you would check out on the 14th at or before whatever the host's check-out time is.

I didn't know that on the guest's end you actually enter check-in and check-out dates, that's weird and would certainly lead a guest to think they wouldn't be charged for 3 days. I figured guests just enter the days they actually will be sleeping there. On the host's end, if you wanted the 12th and 13th, it does appear as the 12th-14th, but we know that that means you're checking out on the 14th, not sleeping there that night.

You should contact Airbnb- you certainly shouldn't be being charged for the night of day you entered as check-out.