Airbnb makes ban on parties permanent

Airbnb said Tuesday it will make permanent its ban on parties in homes listed on its platform a♏fter seeing a sharp drop in reports of unauthorized gatherings since the prohibition was put in place iꦏn August 2020.

The company announced seeing a 44% year-after-year drop in the rate of party reports s🐼ince implementing the policy.

This comes after the San Francisco-based company introduced and extended the party ban to halt the spread of COVID-19 infections. Now the compa✤ny wants to make the ban permanent as the summer travel season begins.

“This is an issue wher🍸e I don’t know if I’d say there’s a finish line,” said Ben Breit, a spokesperson for the company, adding that Airbnb will keep working to address the issue.

The company said it will also remove its 16-person l🀅imit, al🦩lowing larger homes listed on the platform to be booked to full occupancy.

In 2019, Airbnb began imposing much stricter limits, starting with a global ban on so-called “party houses” or listings that cr✱eate persistent neigh𝕴borhood nuisance.

Airbnb&nbs🌃p;has also updated its policies co𝓀nsidering the pandemic, removing both the “event friendly” search filter and “parties and events allowed” house rules. 

More than 6,600 guests and some hosts were suspended in 2021 for attempting to violate the party b♏an, the company said.

In May 2022, the company reported revenue was up 70% from the previous year bringing in $1.5 billion in thဣe first quarter of 2022. The company also projected revenue to be above market estimates for the second quarter of the year, ex🎃pecting to bring in between $2.03 billion and $2.13 billion.