If your trip starts within a week, the host has 24 hours to respond to the request. Otherwise, they have 48 hours to respond. If your host accepts the request, or doesn’t respond, you’ll have the option to find a new space for your stay or request a full refund including service fees. If they decline the request, your host is letting you know that they can still host your stay.
If a cancellation happens automatic then the guest should get the money refunded automatic aswell as with any other cancellation? But here the guest is told to request for refunds? I don't read anywhere that not responding to the request is = a silent accept?
I'm fully aware that if a guest sends a request to cancel to a host, it is looked at, as a host cancellation. Something many hosts do not know. But I didn't know that if a host do not respond it will automatically cancel after a while penalising the host.