Scenario:
A guest made a 1-night booking on the same day. Booking was confirmed as "awaiting payment" (to be cancelled within 24 hours if not acted upon).
Booking was made at almost check-in time of 2pm, and the Guest arrived.
Then the Guest checks out at 11am next day without arranging payment details.
By 2pm, 24 hours has passed - that booking will be cancelled automatically by AirnBNB and won't be able to collect payments.
Guest gets a free stay overnight.
AirBNB needs to fix this.
My workaround solution at the moment is to collect cash payments (sorry AirBNB, until you sort this loophole) before allowing guest inside my guesthouse. The only issue is that if the guest decided not to pay, then the host loses 1 night of cancelled booking.
If you have a better workaround/solution, please share.
Thanks.