. I contacted Airbnb 3 times last night for help, they didn't reply.
. They blocked my calendar for a same day potential booking and allowed other people in the area to take bookings but not me.
. I have a moderate cancellation but received no money when the guest cancelled after blocking my calendar for 12 hours.
* Airbnb do not care about hosts.
. I had no way to decline the guest I was held hostage by their pending verification and I received no money for the night they blocked.
Yesterday I changed to same day booking for the first time. There were limited places left in my area and I needed the money so I thought why not 🙂
At about 3:30 I searched for how many listings were still available in my area and my own one didn't come up. At first I thought great because that meant I had a booking right? Well I had received no email or text.
So I check my calendar and the 22nd and 23rd are blocked off (my preparation day) with "Verification pending". So two of my nights are blocked off by a guest who isn't ready to book. I have received no notification or explanation from Airbnb and have to come here to learn what on earth is going on. Well the facts are this, Airbnb is happy to block your calendar for 12 hours on the same day