Party’s over at Airbnb

A REDUCTION in violence, rule violations and health issues in Australia has led accommodation platform Airbnb to permanently ban parties from being hosted at any of its property listings.

In Aug 2020, the company announced a temporary ban on all parties across its entire network “until further notice”, in a bid to deter hosts from not operating responsibly, rolling out several enforcement measures such as a 24-hour safety line.

“The temporary ban proved effective, and today we are officially codifying the ban as our policy,” Airbnb said.

“We believe there is a direct correlation between our implementation of the policy in Aug 2020 and a 35% year-overyear drop in the rate of party reports in Australia.”