Overview

• Airbnb's machine learning technology screens bookings for potential party risks, focusing on factors like trip length, proximity, and last-minute reservations.
• The system blocked approximately 51,000 high-risk bookings during the 2024 Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekends, with Texas, Florida, and California seeing the most cancellations.
• Since banning large parties in 2020, Airbnb has reduced party-related incidents by over 50%, with only 0.6% of reservations experiencing disruptions last year.
• Violations of Airbnb's disruptive-gatherings policy can result in account suspension or removal, with thousands of guests penalized since the policy's inception.
• Supplementary tools, including noise sensors and 24-hour support lines, are available to hosts and neighbors to further deter and address unauthorized parties.