@Mike-And-Jane0
I would think if the booking guest does not cancel and does not show up, then it’s a no show. @Ruth1116 would not be refusing entry to the booked guest, after all, if the guest doesn’t show up. She would be refusing entry to anonymous strangers. Dollars to donuts they are on the booking as ‘Guest 1’ ‘Guest 2’ etc with no profile, zero info for host.
Part of the larger problem here is Airbnb’s penchant for not sharing any guest info with hosts. We never really know who is staying at our property. For the booking guest, all we get is a phone number, which can be bogus, and the name on their public profile, which can be anything at all, even just initials. As far as ‘other guest’ info, we get nothing, unless we ask the booking guest for names, and who knows if those are even real names. And let’s not forget either that Verified ID is meaningless (many of you already know my sorry first hand experience with that, with my ‘verified ID’ yet known to police guest). One cannot simply trust that Airbnb has done any homework on their member guests.
IMO if the booking guest is not showing up, then no one else in the party should be allowed entry, completely anonymous perfect strangers that they are.