The response rate in MARA only counts reviews as answered if MARA has verified that a reply is published and visible on the respective platform.
Replies that are sent but not published are not included as answered.
As Booking or Expedia do not publish replies immediately but verify them first, and we only update the reply status of your reviews once per day (usually around 2am CET), it might take 1-2 days after sending a reply until the review status updates to "published" in your Inbox and the review is counted as answered in your response rate.
For the most accurate response rate, MARA recommends reviewing data 4–5 days after replying, to allow time for platforms to process and publish replies (e.g., check your response rate for week X on Thursday/Friday of the previous week).