u/Witty_Willingness_97

Hello 👋 I am just looking for some opinions on my situation.

I booked an apartment in Portugal a few months ago. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances I've had to cancel the trip. At the time of booking, I opted for Airbnb's 'part now part later' payment, meaning that I only paid half the total amount (total was around £450 and I paid £225).

Here is the timeline:

Booking made on 19th March

Cancellation requested on 25th July

Host's cancellation policy:

Before 18th July- Full refund: get back 100% of what you've paid

Before 10th August- Partial refund: get back 50% of every night (no refund of the service fee)

After 10th August - No refund (this reservation is non-refundable)

So my question is, as I cancelled the reservation on the 25th July (within the 50% refund period), why is the host saying that I am not entitled to anything? I would assume I would be entitled to 50% of what I paid or am I wrong?

I had to involve Airbnb, who spoke to the host but to no avail.

Thanks in advance

Hi, our cat is 5 and has always had free license to roam. Unfortunately, we lost his sibling 3 weeks ago (hit by a car 😿) so we now want him to be exclusively indoor but with access to the garden.

Our garden is very small. It does have a long corridor along the side of the house, and in the future we will most likely build a canopy system so he could access that area as well. But for now we are thinking about a catio and a tunnel system.

I would like to place the catio at the bottom of the garden (6 meters away from the door) with a tunnel connecting the catio to the door. The main issue is that our door is made out of glass, doesn't have a cat flap and swings open (outwardly). I've seen some mesh panels to which a catflap can be attached to and thought about using that to connect it to the tunnel. However, im worried that it wont hold and rip...

Has anyone got any advice about how to resolve this? Or any other suggestions? For reference, my diy skills/understanding are very basic 😅 but I'm open to any suggestions.

Thanks!!