Phantom Booking - 'Advan...' Guest Found in Calendar

[Tom712]

Has anyone run across a calendar phantom booking for a guest called 'Advan...'  The reservation was for just one date, in black (all my other reservations were in a turquoise color) and I was blocked from clicking on the date.  I checked back about 10 min later and the 'Advan...' was no longer showing but I was still blocked from clicking on this date.  Very weird.  I should mention I clicked on the 'Listing' then view calendar button.  But I use this all the time to look at current and past bookings.  I have a screen shot but couldn't figure out how to upload it but I know it existed.  

[Branka-and-Silvia0 · Accepted solution]

@Tom712 

if this is for the current or the next day then it is probably "advanced notice" , it means your booking requirement is set to prevent same-day bookings 🙂

[Tom712]

Thanks Branka & Silvia.  This actually makes sense although I never noticed it before.  I should have added to my inquiry I'm traveling and I'm 17 hours ahead of my Airbnb time zone making my calendar almost 1 day ahead.  So this may be a contributing factor.  I'm going to look at my calendar daily and see if Advan... pops  up again.  I added a cut and paste from my calendar just to  show what it the booking looked like for others who may be curious.  

[Rachel177]

@Tom712 as @Branka-and-Silvia0 said it's an advance notice booking notation in your calendar. I don't allow same day bookings so at midnight it blocks out the calendar and I see that notation. I have IB turned on, so apparently guests who meet my IB criteria can send me a booking request on that day, but I haven't had that happen yet.

[Tom712]

Rachel, thanks for adding additional detail to my inquiry.  Being an AirBnB nubie, I dug through all the calendar availablity options and Guest requirements and I'm good with my set-up.  I do have same day & instant booking set-up.  I think the 'Advan...' entry in my calendar is a time zone problem since I'm viewing my house calendar 17 hours ahead.   I've noticed I get reminders telling me it's been 2 days since my guest checked out but in reality it was just one day due to being 17 hours ahead.