What if I sell my holiday house while I have future bookings?

[Sonja8]

My house has just been listed for sale. What happens to future bookings if the buyers choose not to continue my reservations?

[Jeet0]

If you're house gets sold, you need to cancel all your bookings and pay the penalty for cancellation.

[Jennifer101]

Nope - Airbnb told me that they will do a mass cancellation and you won't have to pay any penalites if you sell. Call them to confirm.

[Bridget12]

How do I call Airbnb? I'm in Canada. Thx.

[Pasek0]

Yes, and what happens if the new owners want to continue to accept existing, and future, bookings?  Can the listing pretty much stay as it is, just with a change to the hosts (and co-hosts) details or does it have to be deleted and the new owners have to start again from scratch?

[Wayne15]

This is my question too.  I am selling my condo, and the new owner will honor existing reservations.  How do I do this?

[Sarah977]

@Wayne15  You have to let the guests know that the property is changing hands and that there will be a new host and give them the option of keeping their reservation or cancelling it with full refund. Guests look at reviews and reviews are based not just on the property, but also the host. And the reviews stay with your account, they can't be transferred to the new owner. 

If the new owner has other Airbnb property and good reviews, you could always send them a link to those listings so they could see that the host is experienced and gets good reviews.