Airbnb is completely banning all events and occasions at host properties world wide, it introduced. That follows a short lived 2020 ban it had instituted on home events to adjust to COVID-related social distancing restrictions. “Over time, the party ban became much more than a public health measure,” Airbnb stated in a blog post. “It developed into a bedrock community policy to support our Hosts and their neighbors.”

Airbnb had already banned “chronic party houses” in 2019 following a California Halloween capturing that resulted in 5 deaths. It later barred all “open-invite” home events, however nonetheless allowed invitation-only events in single household dwellings. However, these too are actually prohibited, underneath penalty of account suspension or full removing from the platform.

On a extra optimistic be aware, Airbnb lifted a 16-person occupancy cap additionally instituted through the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s as a result of sure properties “from castles in Europe to vineyards in the US to large beachfront villas in the Caribbean” can simply accommodate greater than 16 individuals, it stated, including that “properties like these thrive on hosting multi-generational family trips and larger groups.”

The firm runs a tip line that permits neighbors or others to report events. Airbnb famous that it noticed a 44 % drop within the fee of social gathering stories after the ban was applied in 2020 and it suspended the accounts of round 6,600 visitors for breaking the coverage final 12 months.