New to Airbnb

So, my wife and I are brand new, like as of Saturday new hosts. Our listing is super cheap as we only have 2 stays as guests under our belt and no hosting ratings. We went with really inexpensive to get some stays booked and a few ratings.


Saturday morning our listing goes live, a few hours later, we get booked for 3 weeks. We have instant booking on. As we understand it, it gets better search results? Correct me if I'm wrong. Guest paid and everything seemed great. Little nervous and excited for our first booking. 4pm rolls around... no show. 9pm rolls around still no one. Next day at noon still no one. Message airbnb to see if somethings wrong on our end or for advice. They contact guest, which I wish they wouldn't have done as we wanted advice. Guest confirms everything fine etc. With airbnb. Monday morning rolls around 645am wants us to cancel entire thing with a discounted amount. 30 minutes later tells us found something cheaper elsewhere and airbnb letting him cancel whole thing.


We are really confused by this whole thing. Is this a scam attempt? This isn't how we envisioned this airbnb thing going. We need sound advice asap! I understand it looks bad if we cancel, but airbnb hasn't done anything yet. Little help?