Updating your host calendar

The best way to manage your bookings and avoid cancellations is to keep your calendar up to date. You can mark nights as available or blocked so your availability is clear to guests when they’re interested in your home.

How to mark nights as available or blocked

When selected nights are in mixed states—available or blocked—tap or click Edit to choose which selected nights you’d like to mark as available or blocked.

You’ll see that available nights on the calendar are white and blocked nights have a line through the date. Select blocked nights to see if they’ve been blocked by your settings or by Airbnb. 

As a host, you can unblock any nights on your calendar—except for reservations you canceled, nights reserved through linked or synced calendars, or nights that are blocked for legal/regulatory reasons.

How to select dates on a mobile calendar

To select multiple nights and to edit prices and availability, you’ll need to tap and hold down on a date, and then swipe across your desired dates. If you'd like to select multiple weeks, you can tap and hold down on a date, and then swipe down the calendar. This makes sure all nights are included in your nightly range.

Why calendar dates may be blocked

There are various reasons why some nights on your calendar aren’t available for guests to reserve. Whether it’s changing your settings or needing to update your verification, learn more about why nights on your calendar may be blocked.

What happens to your calendar with inquiries or invites

• If a guest sends an inquiry, your calendar remains open: These nights will remain available so multiple guests can send inquiries until you have a pending trip request.
• If you send a guest an invite and Instant Book is turned on, you can block the nights or leave them open: You’ll have the option to block those nights until the guest makes a reservation or until the invite expires after 24 hours—whichever comes first—giving a guest the chance to make a reservation. You can change your mind at any time by withdrawing the invitation to make a reservation.
• If you send a guest an invite and Instant Book isn’t turned on, the nights will be blocked: If you issue an invitation to make a reservation and Instant Book isn't turned on, those nights will be automatically blocked on your calendar until either the guest make a reservation or the invite expires after 24 hours—whichever comes first.