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Cancelling a booking as a host

When you have to cancel, how to do it and what happens next.

Cancelling lets a guest down, so only cancel if you really have to. If you do:

  1. 1Go to your bookings and open the reservation.
  2. 2Choose to cancel, pick the reason — the property is unavailable, urgent maintenance or a safety issue, an emergency, a calendar conflict or another reason — and add any details for the guest and our team.
  3. 3Check what will happen, then confirm. This can’t be undone.

What happens next

  • The guest is told straight away.
  • Any payments the guest still had to make, and payouts you haven’t received yet, are cancelled.
  • The dates open up again in your calendar.

Only confirmed stays that haven’t started can be cancelled online. For a stay that’s already under way, contact us.

Updated 24 September 2026

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