First of all, if your, @Evelina16, reply is third, @Helen3's second, my mathematical logic and computation don't accept your words "several other people share the same opinion in this chat."
The fact that Helen gets straight to the point is her charm. You're lucky I didn't comment on "spoiling the business." Airbnb was not originally meant as "business."
Second, there IS an option to change the trip length settings just for a selected time of the year or specific dates. Check the trip length settings.
Third, I hope you noticed:
"Some examples of when a host can cancel penalty-free include:
- The guest has several unfavorable reviews that concern the host
- The guest hasn’t responded to questions the host needs to know about their trip
- The guest makes it clear they’ll likely break one of the host’s house rules, like bringing a pet or smoking"
Is any of those the reason you cancelled?
Finally, did you cancel within 24 hours:
"3 cancellations per year
As long as they do so within 24 hours of booking, Instant Book hosts can cancel penalty-free up to 3x a year if they’re booked on days that should’ve been blocked."
Of course quoted from here:
https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2022/how-do-penalty-free-cancellations-work-for-instant-book-hos...
// "The only person you can trust is yourself"