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If you contact a host about their space before requesting to book it, the host has the option to invite you to book a couple of ways:

• Pre-approval: The host invites you to book for the dates and prices shown when you contacted the host
• Special offer: The host chooses a custom price (or other details) and invites you to book with the new details

Note: A special offer will not include the guest service fee or relevant taxes charged for each reservation.

Find your pre-approval or special offer

You'll get an email notification when you receive a pre-approval or special offer. You can also check your reservation status by looking in the message thread where you're talking with the host.

Book a pre-approval or special offer

You won’t automatically be booked when you receive a pre-approval or a special offer. You still need to add your payment details and confirm the reservation.

1. On airbnb.com, go to your Inbox
2. Click the conversation with the host to open the message thread
3. Find the box that shows the details of your pre-approval or special offer
4. Click Book It!
5. Add your payment details, and click Book now
6. You’ll receive a confirmation email with your itinerary and a billing receipt

You have 24 hours to book a pre-approval or special offer before it expires. If 24 hours have passed, you can still accept the pre-approval but your host will have to approve your request before your reservation is confirmed.

Change your dates

If you've already been pre-approved or given a special offer, you can still change your dates. On the listing page, click Contact Host to send the host a new message and change the dates before sending the message. The host will then have the ability to pre-approve or give a special offer for your new dates.

The option to book isn’t available

A host has the ability to pre-approve or extend a special offer to multiple people at once for a set of dates. If someone else booked the space before you, you won’t see the option to accept the reservation.