I feel Vanessa wasn't honest. I would not trust this Host.
I was supposed to stay at Vanessa from March 30th until April 9th. On the 29th I received a message from Vanessa asking to change the reservation to 30.03.22 - 06.04.22 (Her mother in law decided to visit last minute and she needed the room).
I was offered two options, one to amend the reservation and refund the rest or cancel and refund the full amount. I asked Aribnb for help but it come two days later after I accepted the change. Airbnb explained that if I had declined the change I would still be able to keep my reservation and Vanessa had to provide an alternative accommodation. Vanessa never explained this and I felt I was mislead and forced to accept the change as declining would have meant to look for another accommodation 1 day before my arrival to NYC.
Aribnb washed they hands as well and never helped to address the issue. They said I should not have accepted the change, although their support did not explained my options when they got in touch with me after Vanessa asked for the change.