@Mike-And-Jane0
I have been somewhat uneasy about this note under “pricing and availability:”
You are responsible for choosing the listing price.
Smart Pricing
Smart Pricing lets you set your prices to automatically go up or down based on changes in demand for listings like yours.
You are always responsible for your price, so Smart Pricing is controlled by other pricing settings you choose, and you can adjust nightly prices any time. Smart Pricing is based on the type and location of your listing, the season, demand, and other factors.
Price tips
Price tips are automated nightly price recommendations that you can choose to save. They are based on the type and location of your listing, the season, demand, and other factors. Even if you use price tips, you always control your price and can override the tips at any time.
This would seem to be a disclaimer of Airbnb’s liability for any confusion resulting from incidents related to improper pricing.
It twice notes that pricing is the host’s responsibility.
I don’t have any legal precedent handy but I believe that if any advertised price is clearly wrong the seller can refuse to honor it.
For example, if a newspaper advertisement says that a new car is for sale at $3.35 rather than $$33,500, I doubt that the dealer would be obligated to sell it for that price.
I suppose that if the website continues to malfunction this way, eventually some guest will try to force the host to honor the ridiculously low price, however.