Booking Mechanics
Request to Book
The guest asks; you have 24 hours to accept or decline.
Why you care
Declines hurt. Airbnb measures your acceptance rate and a pattern of declining is a ranking signal, so “I will just say no to the ones I do not like” is not free.
Worked example
Declining 4 of 10 requests can push you down in search far enough to cost more than the one bad guest you avoided.