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Airbnb Rolls Out ‘Anti-Party’ Tech Ahead of Halloween Weekend
Airbnb uses technology to block high-risk bookings and has reduced party reports by 50% since 2020 to enhance safety and comply with its no-party policy.
- On Monday, Airbnb said it will use its anti-party technology this Halloween weekend and is deploying the tools across the United States and Canada.
- Following a deadly 2019 shooting that left five dead, Airbnb said it cracked down on 'party houses' and formalized a ban, which became official in 2022.
- The platform uses an automated system that flags and blocks suspicious bookings before confirmation by analyzing trip length, proximity, property type, and timing while offering hosts a 24-hour safety line, noise sensors, and private-room rentals.
- Airbnb warns that accounts breaking the no-party policy face suspension, bans and possible financial liability, and last year it said it blocked about 38,000 people in the U.S. and 6,300 in Canada from Halloween bookings with a 50% drop in reported parties worldwide since 2020.
- The company frames the heightened Halloween technology as one layer in a broader effort to keep hosts and neighborhoods safe, using anti-party tech for four years on holidays like New Year's Eve while warning parents or adults who book for younger renters may face penalties.
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Airbnb rolls out ‘anti-party’ tech ahead of Halloween weekend
With Halloween just days away, Airbnb is ramping up efforts to prevent raucous house parties that can leave property owners footing the bill for damage. The company announced it’s deploying its “advanced anti-party technology” across the United States and Canada. It's an automated system that flags and blocks suspicious bookings before they’re confirmed. How the technology works Airbnb’s system analyzes factors including trip length, proximity t…
Airbnb has been against partying since 2019, when a shooting at a property was the reason for this, and since 2022, security measures have been taken due to Covid. Now they are focusing on Halloween, and hosts also have the opportunity to report it.
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