@Emiel1 :
I wonder if that “guest” was actually planning to stay at your place or if she would have canceled at the last minute for some fabricated reason.
Possibly she was trying to make things difficult for other students in order to gain some advantage for herself.
I am confused about this issue with response/accept/decline.
If a prospective guest contacts the host, asking for preapproval, and the host responds with a question, doesn’t that count as a prompt response?
If the guest then refuses to respond, or responds inappropriately but refuses to withdraw the request, and the host declines to approve within 24 hours, does this somehow count against the host?
I would think that it would be better to decline than to let the request expire.