@Susan151
In 6 years I've not experienced a 'Quality Assurance' issue.
I don't do Instant Book, but routinely do same day bookings, and rarely any problem with payment.
The only one has been the same as any other Request days, weeks or months ahead, namely 'Pending Payment' which usually turns out to be out of date card.
In April I had 6 same day bookings. This month 2. And this past afternoon, 2 inquiries who chose to book elsewhere.
I treat same day requests as any other, applying similar screening / vetting and what might be deemed common sense approach:
For example, two of the six from April:
- One was a pathological user of Airbnb with over 50 Reviews. He travels a lot for his work, and seeing a string of bookings month after month up to the present, it's a cert that his payment method is guaranteed.
- The other was a young family living close by, in distress due to suddenly collapsed ceiling. They stayed 3 days and ended up requesting contact with my solicitor (lawyer) for claims v. their landlady.
Yesterday, I took a first time user whose Reservation Request solely stated: 'I'd like to book a room'.
I probed a little, and he obliged with responses, so I accepted within a few minutes, and he was here in less two hours. He turned out exactly as I envisaged from his responses, a very nice person.