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How-to • Host

Refund your guest

It can happen to the best of hosts: Plans go wrong and you can’t deliver everything your listing promised. If something gets in the way of your guest’s good time, you can send them a refund during or after their home stay, service or experience. We’ll notify them straight away, and process the refund within 48 hours. 

Once you send the money, the transaction is considered final. Learn more about the refund policy for services and experiences, and the rebooking and refund policy for homes.

Refunds prior to check-in

For homes and experiences: Go to Reservations, select a reservation and click or tap Send or request money.

For services: After the reservation has been confirmed, you can refund your guest through the message thread by selecting Send refund and entering the refund amount.

Refund a guest after check-in or start time

After a home or experience reservation has started, the only way for a host to send money to a guest is via the Resolution Centre.

Refund a guest on desktop

  1. Click Resolution Centre and then click Send money
  2. Select the guest that you want to send money to and click Next
  3. Under Select a reason, choose the reason that best describes your refund situation
  4. Click Next
  5. Enter the refund amount and add a message to your guest
  6. Click Next and then Send

Hosts should submit refunds or requests within 60 days after checkout or the end of the service or experience.

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