I host seasonally on Airbnb (from end of may to beginning of September). During the off months, I block my calendar and snooze my listing. This year, when getting it updated for summer rentals, I discovered that even though I had activated instant book my property was not visible on searches that selected instant book. After talking to a representative who passed me to technical support, I discovered that it's not a glitch in the system. It's actually a new design feature that prevents hosts who have been inactive from using instant book. The problem here is that this penalizes anyone who hosts on Airbnb seasonally. This needs to be changed! I talked to a manager by phone who could not tell me how to get it reactivated but said she was very sorry. This really sucks for seasonal hosts.