confirmation

[Laurie-Ann0]

I asked the question the other day how I knew if an accepted booking was actually paid for. Someone kindly answered me by saying AirBnB says it's "confirmed." Where do I look to find that word?

When I look up my future bookings I can only see the word "accepted" in green text....

Many thanks

[Bob43]

A guest is required to make a payment before finalizing the booking. So if you may assume that all accepted/cnfirmed bookings are already paid for. In the rare case that for example a credit card turns out to be expired, a guest will get 24 hours to fulfill payment. When you take a look at your future transaction (in transaction history), it should show all "reservation" at Type. In the case mentioned above, it will say either "Pending" or "Verifying" (not sure anymore what it says exactly).

[Annette33]

Within  a few minutes or hours after you accepted a booking request, Airbnb sends you per email the "Reservation confirmed" statement, with confirmation number, guest's details and itinerary summary. I always keep all of those statements in a special mail folder in my emails. that is the most detailed and precise record to look up a specific booking. In your messages or transaction history, it will only say accepted (or pending). You wouldn't have to concern yourself with the details of the financial transaction, as that is between the guest and Airbnb, and you will get your payout released one day after the guest checks in . If you are still worried about it, check your calendar: the dates of the booking should be blocked out, with the profile picture of the guest on it.  If not, then something went wrong and you don't have a booking.

[KeidenJoyce0]

You can also check the status of the reservation by going to Your Reservations page😊

[Lilian20]

"accepted" and "confirmed" mean the same

[Annette33]

not exactly, @Lilian20: "accepted" is the part the host takes care of, after that comes the "confirmation" by Airbnb, which means that the payments are okay, and everything 100% in place. Usually acceptance and confirmation go hand in hand, with the confirmation by Airbnb coming a  few minutes or so after the acceptance by the host.

But not hecessarily: you can accept a guest, but then there is a problem on the financial end, thus Airbnb will not confirm. So really, it is the confirmation by Airbn that is the most important part, not the acceptance by the host. 

[Lilian20]

got it. Cheers