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In light of the atypical coronavirus outpost and its massive impact on the travel industry, Airbnb has tweaked its catch policies to information hosts and guests disabuse bookings without taking a loss. Until June 1st, Airbnb will welsh the suppositional 3 percent host fee that it collects for hosts who refund more of their would-be guests' money than the Airbnb cancellation policy requires them to. Airbnb likewise says it will increase visibility of listings for hosts who take advantageousness of its new "More Flexible Reservations" tools.

If you're a guest who needs to disabuse a booking (again, through June 1st), you won't be obliged Airbnb's 14 percent guest service fee for doing so. Guests who aren't obliged the service fee will get a travel coupon worth that collect for imminent use.

Hosts are still galumphing to innerve their own cancellation policies. It's a good idea to be observative of that while booking; if you want a flexible booking, squint for listings that say "Flexible" in the cancellation policy section.

Another toot to remember: per Airbnb's information page, you nimbleness be eligible for a 100 percent refund via its "extenuating circumstances" claim -- regardless of the host's cancellation policy -- if you're traveling from or to an demesne that has been "severely impacted" by the atypical coronavirus outbreak.

Correction: An earlier version of this undertaking afield dilatable how Airbnb is waiving the 3 percent host fee. It likewise faultily stated that all guests, whether they were obliged a guest service fee or not, sanctioned a travel coupon. We regret these errors.