Double booking
- A double booking is two confirmed reservations for the same night — the classic multi-channel failure when calendars sync too slowly.
- Category: Calendar
What it actually costs
One guest must be cancelled. Host-cancellations trigger penalties on most platforms: fees, blocked dates, lost badge status, and a public mark on the listing — plus a scramble to rehouse a traveller.
Prevention
Real-time API sync (or a managed service running one calendar) makes them structurally impossible; slow iCal feeds merely make them unlikely.
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