While waiting for council to confirm their additional charges < sigh > so that I could decide if AirBnB was still a financially sound option for me, I decided it would be better to Snooze both listings. I set up the Snooze for one month from 15 March (end date of the last crop of bookings), thinking that would stop bookings for any part of that time. Within 48 hours, I had 2 Instant Books for late March. I hastily blocked the rest of the dates.
Evidently, Snooze actually means "From 15 March - 15 April, you will not get any bookings or requests." Am I the only one to have thought this way?
Update: - council issue has been resolved (in theory) and I will continue to host.