14Product roadmap

Traveler shifts check-in and check-out with quick +/- day buttons and re-runs the search, so they can nudge dates to find open homes.

A single search box for a city or place name plus a calendar for check-in and check-out, returning homes available for those exact dates.

Each home listing displays its nightly price and neighborhood clearly, so a traveler can eyeball how it stacks up against a hotel they'd otherwise book.

After a good stay, a simple in-app nudge invites the guest to become a host, linking straight to the listing flow.

Traveler types a city name; we match it against listing locations and show every available home in that city as a simple list.

Return every available home whose listing address falls within the searched city or town, shown as a simple list for the chosen dates.

Hosts mark blocked dates on a calendar; search hides listings that overlap the requested dates, so travelers only see homes free for their whole stay.

Type or pick a neighborhood name and see only homes tagged to that district, filtering the wider city results down to the area you want.

Adds place autocomplete with suggestions, a guest-number selector, and flexible-date hints, so travelers land on the right area and get results that fit their party.

Adds preset flexibility like 'weekend', 'week', or '± 3 days', showing homes available across a nearby range instead of one fixed date pair.

Show search results as pins on a static map so travelers see roughly where each home sits relative to the area they typed in.

Show all matching homes as pins on a map of the searched area, so travelers see coverage across every neighborhood, not just a text list.

Confirmed bookings automatically block those dates in real time, so search reflects true availability the moment another guest reserves — no stale or double-booked results.

Adds place-name autocomplete to fix typos and ambiguity, plus a map showing where each home sits across the city so travelers grasp spread and neighborhoods.

Travelers drag and zoom the map freely; a 'search this area' button refreshes listings to only those inside the current view.

Adds an interactive map with drawn neighborhood boundaries; pan, zoom, or tap a district outline to see only the homes that fall inside it.

Marks homes with open dates and no bookings as available, showing them normally in search so idle supply at least appears alongside busier listings.

Search also respects minimum-night stays, check-in days, prep buffers, and awkward gaps between bookings, returning only homes that genuinely fit the requested dates.

Adds a map you can pan and zoom to search by neighborhood, plus nearby-date and nearby-place suggestions when exact matches are thin.

Ranks results by relevance, not just availability, and lets travelers drag or zoom the map to search any area, tightening broad regions down to real neighborhoods.

Adds one-tap sharing to messages, email, and social, address-book invites, reminders to lapsed invitees, and fraud checks that block self-referrals and fake accounts.

Map updates listings automatically as it moves, shows nightly price on each pin, and highlights the matching card in the side list on hover.

Let travelers draw a custom area or set a radius around a point, and include nearby homes just outside the named boundary that still fit.

A month calendar highlights which dates have availability and shows nightly prices per day, so travelers pick the cheapest open range at a glance.

Lets travelers draw a custom shape or 'search this area' as they move the map, plus filter by commute time or distance to a chosen landmark.

Adds flexible-month and weekend search, price-across-dates views, and saved searches with alerts when new homes match your destination and travel window.

Interprets vague, misspelled, or landmark-based searches, handles overlapping regions and nearby suggestions when supply is thin, and surfaces the best homes for any place a traveler types.

Adds nightly-price suggestions based on nearby comparable homes and dates, plus photo quality checks and reorder tips, so hosts price and present the space well without guessing.

Detects patterns—unopened future months, expiring open windows, post-stay gaps—and prompts hosts at the right moment to extend or reopen dates in one tap.

Automatically surfaces the cheapest and most-available date ranges for a destination, alerts travelers when prices drop, and suggests shifting dates to save.

Two-way calendar sync with external platforms plus flexible-date suggestions keeps availability accurate everywhere and offers nearby open dates when the exact ones are full.

Hosts check boxes like step-free entrance, pet-friendly, or crib available. Travelers see these tags on each listing and read them manually to judge fit.

Pick from preset price bands (e.g. under $50, $50–100, $100+) to narrow the list to homes in your budget. Solves most simple budget filtering.

Traveler sets a min and max nightly price; only listings within that range appear in results.

Traveler ticks common amenities like wifi, kitchen, or parking from a simple list, and results show only homes hosts marked as offering them.

Traveler sets how many guests are coming; search hides any home whose stated maximum occupancy is too small, so results only fit the group.

A simple filter with three choices—private room, entire apartment, or whole house—that narrows search results to matching listings. Solves most cases where travelers know the space type they want.

Pick room, apartment, or whole house, and check a short list of core amenities like WiFi, kitchen, and parking. Solves basic must-haves for most searches.

Enter how many people are traveling and hide any listing that can't sleep that group, using the host's stated maximum guest capacity.

Drag a min and max slider to set any custom nightly price range, with results updating live as you move it. Handles precise budgets between fixed brackets.

Adds separate minimum filters for bedrooms and bathrooms alongside guest count, so travelers ensure enough private rooms and bathrooms, not just a headline capacity number.

Filter by number and type of beds (king, queen, sofa, bunk) and see each listing's room-by-room sleeping arrangement, so travelers match actual sleeping needs.

Adds organized categories, a searchable amenity list, and live result counts per option, so travelers combine several must-haves and instantly see how many homes match.

Adds selecting several types at once and shows how many listings match each option before applying, so travelers see availability tradeoffs while filtering.

Adds separate minimum filters for bedrooms and beds, so travelers needing privacy or specific sleeping arrangements narrow results beyond raw headcount.

Filter and results show the full trip cost—nightly rate, cleaning fee, service fee, and taxes—for the exact dates, not just the headline price.

Adds a complete categorized amenity list plus bedroom, bathroom, and guest-count filters, showing how many homes match each option so travelers refine without hitting dead ends.

Filter by true all-in cost including cleaning and service fees across your dates, in your currency, so the price you filter by is the price you actually pay.

Adds dedicated search filters for step-free access, pet-friendly, cribs, and family needs, so only listings tagged as matching remain in results.

Structured accessibility fields with measurements, photos of entrances and bathrooms, and host-confirmed details, so travelers trust the tags instead of guessing from a checkbox.

Shows exact bed types per room—king, queen, sofa bed, bunk—and lets travelers filter on them, so a group of four adults avoids one bed plus a couch.

A live histogram shows how many homes sit at each price, so travelers pick a range with real supply instead of guessing an empty band.

Guest reviews and past-stay confirmations flag amenities as verified, so filters surface homes where the listed wifi, AC, or washer actually exist and work.

Stack multiple required filters that update the map and list live, save filter sets, and flag when a requirement is rare so travelers relax the right constraint.

Show a bar chart of how many homes fall at each price so travelers set their range against real supply, avoiding empty results and finding the sweet spot.

Enter the full group makeup (adults, children, couples) and the marketplace ranks homes by true fit, flags too-tight spaces, and suggests combining or splitting listings.

Traveler saves a reusable needs profile once; search auto-applies it, flags partial matches, suggests nearby workable homes, and lets guests message hosts to confirm specifics.

Enter your travel party (adults, children, couples) and results rank by how comfortably each home actually sleeps them, flagging tight fits and suggesting better-matched homes nearby.

Learns each traveler's recurring needs, suggests relevant amenities per trip type, and surfaces nearby alternatives when an exact amenity match is scarce.

Amenities verified by reviews and photos, smart suggestions from your trip type, and near-miss homes shown with the exact missing item so nearly every need is met.

Adds bedroom, bathroom, and shared-versus-private space controls layered on the type filter, so travelers pin down exact sleeping arrangements and privacy level in one pass.

Set one total trip budget; the system splits it across nights and party size, factors in local price swings by date, and flags cheaper nearby dates or areas.

Ranks underbooked homes and quiet neighborhoods higher for matching searches, and highlights them with an availability badge so travelers notice options that would otherwise sit empty.

Optionally auto-extends a rolling booking window, learns each host's real availability rhythm, and demotes chronically stale listings in search until refreshed.

Adds guided suggestions that infer the right home type from party size, trip purpose, and past bookings, then pre-sets filters and explains why, covering novice and edge-case travelers.

Show the host's uploaded photos in a scrollable gallery alongside a free-text written description, so travelers can see and read about the space.

Listing page displays house rules, cleaning and service fees, check-in time, and cancellation policy as clear text sections the traveler reads before booking.

A simple contact form or message box on the listing lets the traveler type a question and email it to the host, who replies by email.

A single photo gallery plus a written description, amenities list, and location area, so travelers can see and read what the home offers before booking.

Host writes house rules, extra fees, and cancellation terms in free-text fields shown on the listing, so guests can read the basics before booking.

Show the listing's approximate location on a map with the neighborhood name and a written description of the area from the host.

Each listing shows an average star rating and a scrollable list of past guests' written reviews, so travelers judge the place from real prior stays.

Show each listing's average star rating and let past guests leave written reviews, so travelers see real feedback before booking.

Automatically email travelers and hosts who've gone quiet, reminding them the platform exists with a simple 'we miss you' message and a link back.

Adds a real conversation thread inside the app with push and email notifications, so both sides see the full back-and-forth history in one place before booking.

Adds an itemized price breakdown showing every fee in the final total, plus plain-language cancellation policy tags (flexible, moderate, strict) with refund deadlines.

Add nearby points of interest—transit stops, restaurants, attractions—with walking and driving distances, plus street view so travelers see the actual surroundings.

Captioned photos grouped by room, a structured amenities grid with icons, house rules, and a map, so travelers quickly find the specific details that matter to them.

Adds captioned photos grouped by room, a photo count, amenity icons, and a structured description with bedrooms, bathrooms, and layout, so the picture is complete and skimmable.

Standardized fields — check-in/out times, pets, smoking, parties, cleaning and service fees, plus a named cancellation policy (flexible/moderate/strict) shown consistently on every listing.

Reviews are marked as coming only from guests who actually booked, alongside a host profile showing their photo, join date, response rate, and total reviews.

Only guests who actually stayed can review, and the host's profile shows join date, response rate, total reviews, and identity verification badge.

Calculates the exact total for the traveler's dates and guest count, shows the precise refund amount if they cancel on each date, and flags rules that conflict with their trip.

Suggests common questions from the listing gaps, shows the host's typical response time, and offers canned answers, so travelers get quick, relevant replies without waiting.

Adds sub-ratings for cleanliness, accuracy, location, and check-in, plus filters and sorting so travelers zero in on the reviews that address their specific concern.

Adds photo-quality checks, verified-photo badges, guest photos from reviews, and flagging of descriptions that don't match reviews, so what's shown is proven real and accurate.

Let travelers enter the places they'll visit and see real travel times by walk, transit, or car, plus a neighborhood safety and vibe summary.

Verified photos, a 3D virtual tour, floor plan, and highlighted standout features, so travelers trust the images are real and understand the full space before booking.

Break ratings into categories like cleanliness, accuracy, and location, sort and filter reviews, and highlight consistently top hosts with a Superhost badge.

Shows the all-in price with every fee broken out for chosen dates, plus a plain-language timeline of exactly what's refundable if the guest cancels on each date.

Proactively surfaces deal-breaker rules (no pets, quiet hours, no parties), compares fees against similar listings, and answers policy questions instantly with source citations from the listing.

Flags rules that conflict with the guest's trip (pets, group size, late check-in), requires explicit agreement to key rules at booking, and surfaces calendar-aware refund deadline reminders.

Summarize hundreds of reviews into key themes, surface recent trends, flag suspicious or fake reviews, and show cross-stay track record and cancellation history.

Guided AI that answers questions about the listing from photos, reviews, and host data, flags anything missing, and surfaces details matched to each traveler's needs.

Combine the traveler's planned itinerary, preferences, and reviews to score how well the location fits, surfacing trade-offs like quiet vs. central and commute totals across all destinations.

Surfaces recurring themes summarized from many reviews, flags Superhosts and identity-verified hosts, and highlights outliers so travelers instantly gauge reliability without reading everything.

An assistant answers listing questions instantly from the listing details, house rules, and past replies, escalating to the host only when it can't, plus translation for any language.

Adds 3D virtual tours, floor plans, room-to-room navigation, and translated descriptions, so travelers experience the whole home before booking regardless of language or listing detail.

Suggests price drops and last-minute deals for idle nights to hosts, and shows travelers curated deals in underbooked areas, actively steering demand to empty inventory.

A heart button on each listing saves it to a single Saved list you revisit anytime, so you never lose a home you liked.

Copy a shareable link for any home or shortlist and send it through text, email, or chat, so companions can view the same listings you found.

Copy any home's link and send it through text, email, or chat so companions can open and view the same listing you found.

Tap a heart on any listing to save it to a single default list. Revisit all saved homes from one screen anytime.

Founders personally contact local homeowners, walk them through their space, and hand-enter each listing. Solves the first handful of hosts in a new city one relationship at a time.

Show all saved homes in one list with their thumbnail, price per night, location, and star rating, so the traveler can eyeball them together instead of reopening each.

On listing and search pages, display the nightly price next to a typical hotel rate and highlight square footage, bedrooms, and whole-home access so the value is obvious at a glance.

Pick saved homes and view them in a simple table showing price, location, size, rating, and top amenities in aligned columns so differences are obvious at a glance.

Organize saves into multiple named lists (by trip, city, or vibe), reorder them, and add private notes to each home for later reference.

Create named lists (e.g. 'Summer in Lisbon') and sort saves into them. Add private notes to each saved home to remember why you liked it.

Create a named collaborative list any invited traveler can add homes to, so the whole group builds and browses one shortlist together in real time.

Create a named wishlist of candidate homes and invite companions to view it, so everyone sees the same shortlist in one place instead of scattered links.

Adds a comparison table putting a home and nearby hotels together on price, total cost with fees, location, and space, so the trade-off is explicit at a glance.

Lay saved homes in a comparison grid with columns for price, size, bedrooms, guest capacity, and rating; sort or reorder to rank favorites quickly.

Adds a guided setup that reuses the guest's verified identity, reviews, and travel patterns to pre-fill parts of their new listing and speed onboarding.

Adds sorting by any column, automatic highlighting of the best value in each row, and a total-price-for-your-dates calculation including fees so comparisons reflect real cost.

Give lapsed users a personal reason to come back: a booking credit for travelers, a reduced fee for hosts, timed to their inactivity and past behavior.

Adds FAQs, verified-identity and payment-protection explainers, real guest reviews, and comparison to hotels, addressing the doubts that stop nervous first-timers from trying it.

Saved homes show current price and availability for your dates, and you get alerts when a saved home drops in price or is about to book out.

Add a shared map pinning each shortlisted home against key spots, plus true all-in totals for the trip dates including fees, so comparisons reflect real cost and location.

Companions add notes and thumbs-up votes on each saved home right in the shared list, so the group's opinions live beside the listings and a favorite emerges.

Companions react, vote, and leave comments on each shortlisted home, so the group can weigh preferences and see which places everyone actually likes.

Let travelers mark which factors matter most and pick required amenities, then score and rank saved homes against their own priorities instead of a generic list.

Saved homes update in real time and alert you when price drops, dates open up, or a favorite is about to book out for your travel window.

Invite travel companions to view, add, and vote on a shared wishlist across devices, with side-by-side comparison and suggested homes based on what you've saved.

Share a list with travel companions who add, vote, and comment. Compare saved homes side by side and book directly from the shortlist.

Compare finalists side by side against everyone's must-haves, tally votes, split the cost estimate, and move the group's pick straight into booking.

Poll dates and budget, tally votes to surface the group's pick, then split the cost and confirm the booking together, all inside the shared list.

Score each shortlisted home against the traveler's stated priorities and surface review highlights, differences, and trade-offs, recommending a best-fit pick with reasons.

Summarizes each home's standout strengths and weaknesses in plain language, flags key tradeoffs, and recommends a best overall match while letting travelers adjust and see the ranking update live.

Dynamically tunes reward values and payout timing per city and side of the market to grow supply and demand together, with automated abuse detection and A/B tested offers.

Continuously predicts idle supply by area and date, auto-tunes ranking, promotions, and targeted campaigns to fill gaps, keeping occupancy healthy across the whole city with minimal manual effort.

Adds real-time inventory-aware campaigns that only promote dates and neighborhoods with available homes, plus local partnerships and events, so ads convert instead of hitting empty results.

Adds AI that drafts title, description, and amenities from uploaded photos and the address, flags missing details, and translates the listing, so hosts publish in minutes.

Show homes in a simple browsable list with photo, price per night, location, and size, so hotel-minded travelers can see homes exist as an option.

A scrollable gallery of listings with a cover photo, price, and location. Travelers with no fixed plan can scan homes and spot ones that catch their eye.

When a guest requests your place, you get an email with their name, dates, and message, plus accept and decline buttons to respond in one click.

A referred user lands on a signup page with the referrer's code already applied, so their credit is attached automatically without hunting for a code field.

Explore homes grouped under wide areas like continents, countries, or 'anywhere,' with a photo grid and price so travelers window-shop places without picking a city first.

Email and push nudges when a host's calendar is fully blocked, dates have passed, or availability is stale, prompting them to reopen open nights.

Hand-picked home collections grouped under simple themes like beach, city, and countryside, shown as tappable tiles on the homepage for open-ended inspiration.

Pick a broad region or city and scroll all available homes without entering dates, so you can wander listings for inspiration before committing to plans.

A public host landing page and guided form let owners list a space themselves—add photos, set price, mark availability—so recruiting scales beyond hand-held onboarding.

Add search by destination and dates, filters for price, space, and amenities, plus a per-night price comparison that makes the home's cost and space advantage over hotels obvious.

Add a map and short neighborhood blurb showing the home sits in a real residential area, with nearby cafes and transit, so travelers see they get local life, not a commercial district.

Pick a rough area and a budget range, then scroll a simple gallery of homes that fit—enough to spark ideas without knowing exact dates or town.

Curated collections group homes by city, region, and vibe—beach, cabin, city loft. Browsers without a destination in mind get inspiration organized into pickable buckets.

Pan and zoom an interactive map to explore homes anywhere, with photos and prices updating as you move, and save favorites to a wishlist for later.

Themes become live filters combined with location and dates, so browsing a vibe returns real available homes ranked by relevance instead of a static editorial list.

Adds flexible date search and filters by trip type—beach, city, cabin, price range—so undecided travelers narrow the whole world down to places matching the mood they want.

Curated collections like beach, cabins, or city lofts, shown on a pannable map so you can wander a region visually and see what's out there.

Adds a map showing homes and hotels together with prices pinned, distance to landmarks, and a per-night value badge, so travelers compare location and cost spatially.

Map view with neighborhood context, nearby spots, and photos of the area, so travelers see the local experience and real-neighborhood advantage hotels can't offer.

Learns from homes you view, save, and book, then reorders themes and collections to surface the trip styles you actually respond to.

Surface new listings in their favorite areas, price drops, and product improvements, so returning users see the platform is better than when they left.

Search a whole month, weekend, or "I'm flexible" on location, and see the cheapest matching homes and dates across many destinations at once.

Adds a personalized earnings estimate for their home plus an experienced local host mentor who answers questions and helps them go live confidently.

Adds personalized onboarding that tailors the explanation to the visitor's trip type, destination, and questions, with live examples and prompts, converting hesitant browsers into confident bookers.

Learn each traveler's taste from browsing and past trips to surface homes that beat their usual hotel on price, space, and location, with tailored highlights explaining why.

Describe the experience you want in your own words and get a tailored mix of homes, neighborhoods, and nearby activities assembled into a ready-to-book themed trip.

A personalized feed suggests destinations and themed collections (beach, cabins, cities) from your taste and saves, turning aimless browsing into ready-to-book trip ideas.

Adds automated demand-supply balancing that throttles spend per neighborhood, personalizes offers to likely bookers, and reroutes travelers to available areas—keeping both sides growing together as the city scales.

Explore homes on an interactive map with flexible or no dates, price-per-night pins, and 'nearby' suggestions—so people discover neighborhoods and homes they didn't know to search for.

Adds a zoomable map showing homes and prices across regions, plus 'I'm flexible' date and destination search that surfaces cheaper places and nearby alternatives as you pan.

Say roughly when—a weekend, a month, or 'anytime'—and set loose filters like amenities or trip type; results reshuffle to match what still feels open-ended.

Describe the kind of getaway you want in plain words and budget; the app proposes destinations, dates, and standout homes tuned to what actually fits.

Two date fields where the guest types or picks a check-in and check-out day, and the nightly total is calculated from them.

Before paying, the guest sees the nightly rate multiplied by the number of nights and a single total, so the base cost is clear upfront.

Display the host's chosen policy type—Flexible, Moderate, or Strict—as a plain label on the listing and checkout page, so guests know the rule before booking.

After paying, the guest sees a clear confirmation page and receives an email with the address, dates, price, and a unique booking reference number.

The listing displays a calendar where the host has manually marked which dates are taken, so guests see at a glance whether their dates look open before requesting.

Listing displays a simple month calendar marking which nights the host has manually blocked or opened, so guests see obvious open dates before requesting a booking.

Guest pays and instantly sees a confirmed booking with dates, address, price, and host name on screen and by email—no waiting for host approval.

Guest submits a booking request for chosen dates; host approves or declines within a set window, and payment is only charged once the host confirms.

Adds a line-by-line breakdown — cleaning fee, service fee, and taxes — each listed separately so the guest sees exactly what makes up the total.

Expand the label into clear plain-language terms: the cutoff dates and what percentage is refunded if you cancel before or after each deadline.

A visual calendar that greys out already-booked and past dates, enforces the host's minimum and maximum stay, and blocks invalid ranges before booking.

Guest books available dates in one tap and gets an immediate confirmed reservation—no host approval wait—with the calendar locked and payment authorized on the spot.

Adds a downloadable receipt showing escrow-held payment, cancellation terms, and the host's explicit acceptance timestamp — proof both sides are locked in, not just a payment record.

Selecting dates checks them against the live calendar in real time and blocks any request for taken dates, so guests only proceed on genuinely open ranges.

Adds real-time calendar checks so paid dates are instantly blocked from others, preventing double-bookings, plus a booking status page and cancellation policy shown before pay.

Detects empty date ranges and low search demand, then suggests specific open dates and simple actions to make the listing bookable again.

Confirmed bookings automatically block their dates in real time, so the calendar always reflects what's actually taken and two guests can't grab the same night.

The full breakdown recalculates instantly when the guest changes dates or guest count, and applies discounts like weekly or monthly rates automatically.

Using the guest's real dates and price, show the precise refund amount and deadline for their booking, with a countdown to the free-cancellation cutoff.

Adds a real-time status tracker showing the dates blocked on the host's calendar, funds secured in escrow, and countdown to check-in, with automatic alerts if anything changes.

Adds check-in instructions, directions, host contact, and calendar sync sent the moment payment clears, so guests leave with everything needed for the stay.

Adds per-night prices, weekend and seasonal rates, cleaning fees, and discounts directly on the calendar so guests see the true total as they choose dates.

Adds minimum-night stays, prep gaps between bookings, and check-in/out day rules, greying out invalid dates so guests only pick combinations the host actually accepts.

Dates are held the moment checkout starts, blocking double-bookings during payment, with clear cancellation policy shown and an instant confirmation receipt sent to both sides.

Confirmed dates are held atomically the moment a booking clears, preventing double-bookings from simultaneous guests and auto-blocking the calendar without host action.

Confirmed bookings are honored guarantees; if a host cancels or a listing falls through, the platform auto-rebooks a comparable home and covers any price difference.

Suggests cheaper nearby dates, supports 'flexible' or month-long searches, and finds open date ranges across similar homes when the exact dates are unavailable.

Let guests compare policies side by side across listings, require an explicit acknowledgment at checkout, and send reminders before each refund deadline passes.

Shows the total in the guest's home currency with locked exchange rate, explains each fee on tap, and guarantees no added charges appear at checkout.

Locks selected dates during checkout to prevent double-booking, imports external calendars (iCal) so off-platform bookings stay in sync, and shows live price-per-night as dates change.

Adds a platform-backed commitment: if the host cancels or the place isn't available, we rebook comparable homes automatically or refund in full, plus wallet passes and shareable proof.

Two-way calendar sync with other platforms and rules like minimum stays, buffer nights, and seasonal openings keeps availability accurate everywhere, eliminating conflicts even for homes listed elsewhere.

Adds automatic protection: if a host cancels a confirmed booking, the system instantly finds and books a comparable home or full refund, keeping the guarantee airtight.

Detect who is about to lapse and reach them before they leave, choosing the channel, message, and offer most likely to keep each user active.

Guest asks the host in-message to shift dates; host manually cancels and rebooks. Solves simple cases where the host is responsive and the new dates are open.

Guest cancels a booking from the trip details screen; the system confirms the cancellation and marks the reservation void, freeing the host's calendar.

After a cancellation, support issues the refund back to the original card. Guest sees a confirmation email showing the amount and expected arrival timeframe.

Match the booking's cancellation policy against the current date and show the exact refund amount before the guest confirms cancellation.

Guest cancels a booking in one tap before check-in; host is notified and the calendar dates reopen automatically for rebooking.

Adds a clear countdown showing the cancellation window and refund amount, so guests know before confirming they're still inside the full-refund period.

Adds a dashboard showing pending requests with guest profile, verified ID, and prior reviews, so you can judge each guest before accepting or declining.

Adds sign-up with existing accounts and prefilled name and email from the invite, so referred users skip most form fields and confirm in a couple of taps.

Guest picks new dates in the booking screen and sends a formal change request the host approves or declines, auto-checking calendar availability before it's sent.

Cancellation triggers the refund automatically based on the listing's cancellation policy, routed to the original method, with a status tracker showing when the money will land.

Adds host-chosen cancellation policies (flexible, moderate, strict) that automatically compute the refund from escrow based on how far out the cancellation happens.

Adds a clear line-by-line breakdown separating nightly cost, cleaning fee, and service fee, showing what's refunded and what's retained so the guest sees why.

On cancellation inside the window, the escrowed payment is released back to the guest's original method automatically, with an emailed receipt and instant host calendar reopening.

Itemize nights, cleaning, and fees showing what's refundable versus non-refundable, then require explicit confirmation before charging, with an emailed receipt of the outcome.

Guest sends the host a date-change request for the same home; host approves, and the price difference is charged or refunded automatically without cancelling the reservation.

Alongside the refund, let the guest instead shorten the stay, shift dates, or take travel credit—turning a lost cancellation into a partial recovery both sides prefer.

Adds prorated refunds for partial stays already checked in, host cancellation full refunds, and extenuating-circumstance overrides that waive the policy automatically.