I have a pending "inquiry" with a potential guest for a time 2 months away. The guest is a first time Airbnb user and has no verifications and no reviews. I don't mind being their first Airbnb stay but I would like them to be verified first before I pre-approve for "instant booking". Seems reasonable for Airbnb to give me a link to pre-approve in the inquiry email, but they keep sending me reminders that I haven't pre-approved yet. The last "reminder" I received did say "last reminder" but it did not give any reassurances that there are no real repercussions for not pre-approving if I don't want to yet. I don't know if this is going to affect my perfect response time metric etc..
Surely Airbnb can put that together - that I might not want to pre-approve until they are verified?
At the very least a hint about the implications of my choice to wait. I can't be the first to prefer verification first.