@Laura2592 there's been some really weird things going on with the platform lately. Recently, I booked as a guest, and first of all, one of the nights I wanted was blocked from my end (even though it wasn't from the host's end). I only asked the host about it because it seemed odd that this one random night was blocked. After I had messaged her and she said it wasn't blocked from her end, I looked back at the calendar and it was suddenly unblocked... Then I did a prebooking while I was waiting to hear back from my friends, and when I went to actually book, it wouldn't let me because the platform had randomly blocked one of the other nights! It took me and the host ages to fix it and put the booking through.
There were a few other weird things too, like my friend and I seeing different listings when the 'pets allowed' filter was on. The place I ended up booking allows pets but it wasn't coming up in my search when I had the pet filter on, but it was coming up for my friend. I could only see the house when I had the filter off! Ended up messaging host and asking if dogs were allowed. Honestly, if I'd been a first time Airbnb user, all that would have put me off for life!
