Airbnb: is the service fee partially refunded after changing the dates of a long stay?
Suppose that I make some long term reservation on airbnb from, say, Jan 1st to Dec 31st. Assume that there's no "special price" promotion involved. On June 1st I decide that I want to leave on October 1st, and I modifying my booking. My host accepts.
My understanding is that I will get full refund for the rent from October 2nd to Dec 31st, and that the cleaning fee won't be reimbursed. Will the airbnb service fee be reimbursed for the period October 2nd to Dec 31st?
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You won’t be charged in full upfront, so there’d be nothing to refund.
If you book a long term reservation that lasts 28 nights or more, you’ll be charged a first month down payment and the rest will be collected in monthly instalments, starting approximately one month after you check in. In the scenario you describe, your final monthly payment would be collected on 1 September.
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/help/article/245/how-do-i-pay-for-my-long-term-reservation
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What happens if you change Airbnb dates?
If you agree to the changes, they'll be applied automatically, and your guest will be charged or refunded if necessary. Things to know: There are no penalties for declining a request. While there isn't a time limit, responding to requests quickly can help you avoid canceled reservations.Does Airbnb do partial refunds?
If something gets in the way of your guest's good time, you can send them a full or partial refund before, during, or after their stay. We'll notify them right away, and process the refund within 48 hours. Once you send the money, the transaction is considered final.Is there a fee to change dates on Airbnb?
There are no \u201cchange fees\u201d for changing an Airbnb reservation. However, if you extend your stay, you'll be charged for the additional nights and any increase to the service fee. Likewise, if you shorten a stay, you'll receive a refund for the nights you're no longer booked for and any decrease to the service fee.What does full refund minus the service fee and the first 30 days mean?
Guests can cancel before check-in and get a full refund, minus the first 30 days, and the service fee. In this case, your Host is almost more like a landlord. So if they won't fix a particular issue, contact Airbnb within 24 hours of discovering it.Airbnb Cancellation Policy and Alteration Requests - 2021
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I lost the authentication cookie; can someone turn this into a comment to traveller's answer pls?
The message by traveller is NOT answering my question. Suppose that the airbnb service fee for the period Jan 1st to Dec 31st is 500$. It seems that the total rent is split in non-equal payments each month. First off, it might be that the service fee is billed entirely in the first payment, therefore I will have already paid 500$ to airbnb regardless of any adjustment I make to the dates of my stay. Or, even if the service fee is split equally between the 12 payments, it might be that after adjusting the dates of my trip I will be required to still pay the "original" service fee for the 12 months' period of my initial reservation.
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