The measures were put in place to stop people hosting ragers when pubs were shut during COVID-19 lockdowns but now they're here to stay.
We asked Airbnb for a clear definition of what it considers to be a party."A diverse array of signals are used to determine violations of our party ban.open-invite, excessive noise, excessive trash, excessive visitors, parking that impacts neighbours,featured a note saying "all parties and events" had been banned since August 2020.
While its website also said "gatherings of more than 16 people" and "all disruptive parties and events" were prohibited, the spokesperson said Airbnb's Party and Event Policy page would be updated shortly.or you could face "full removal" from the platform.Here's what Airbnb's Party and Event policy website said on that:
Hosts should not attract disruptive parties and events in their home by advertising their space as party- or event-friendly.If hosts are found to be encouraging large, disruptive gatherings in their property descriptions,They could have their account suspended for up to 30 days if they've encouraged parties and are the subject of a complaint.
In rare cases, the listing might be permanently removed from Airbnb if "the listing is intended only for the purposes of hosting parties or events , or where a property has created a severe nuisance within a neighbourhood".However, Airbnb said it was still considering what this would mean.The ban on "open-invite" parties and "party houses" came after a shooting at a rental in California.
And the ban on parties was put in place to stop people hosting big gatherings when pubs and nightclubs were closedthe impact these parties had on neighboursHowever, now Airbnb said those pandemic measures have become "a bedrock policy to support our hosts and their neighbours".Airbnb said a 35 per cent year-on-year drop on party complaints since the August 2020 ban was implemented was in "direct correlation" with the policy.