Oh wow , didn ' t realize that was that long ago . And then you check his post history , and read his last post , and see that it was 8 months ago . Shit . <| sep |> They have gotten A LOT better about their instant book support . Example of why I never used it . And use strict cancelation 3 years ago I lost an almost 500 dollar reservation due to an instant book custom pricing model . I had a guest book my place for a very popular travel weekend which I had custom price set for . That guest canceled the reservation . but the price did not go back to my custom pricing . and someone instant booked at an extremely low price . Airbnb did not care . I was out the money . So I refused to do instant book . I ' ve been using it lately with lots of stipulations and restrictions . It ' s helped with a lot with bookings .