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He thought he was paying for a reservation for a family member, the host and AirBnB thought he was paying for a reservation for himself.
No actual contract was agreed upon here, as the parties did not actually agree on anything.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_v_Wichelhaus for one of the earliest examples of case law on this, or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_of_the_minds for more general discussion on this topic
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He thought he was paying for a reservation for a family member, the host and AirBnB thought he was paying for a reservation for himself.
No actual contract was agreed upon here, as the parties did not actually agree on anything.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_v_Wichelhaus for one of the earliest examples of case law on this, or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_of_the_minds for more general discussion on this topic