Airbnb's Anti-Party Technology Is Now Live
The short-term rental service is screening reservations to reduce the possibility of parties being thrown at hosts' properties.
The technology is part of the app's effort to protect hosts and their properties.
Good luck throwing a party at your next Airbnb. The vacation rental platform's party-quashing technology went live on Wednesday.
The reservation screening technology launched in the US, Canada and Australia, Airbnb said in a press release, and the company plans to expand the technology worldwide in spring 2023.
Airbnb announced in August its plan to test and roll out anti-party tech. Two months earlier, in June, it permanently and globally banned parties thrown by guests. The "proprietary reservation screening technology" works by evaluating the history of positive reviews (or a lack thereof), length of time a guest has been on the platform, length of stay, distance to listing and whether the guest made a booking for a weekend or weekday, an Airbnb spokesperson said.
In addition to reservation screenings, the platform also expanded its guest identity verification. It may request a customer's legal name, address, phone number, government ID or selfie, Airbnb said. This applies to booking guests traveling to the top 35 countries and regions on the app, and it will expand worldwide in the spring as well.
Both the reservation screening technology and guest identity verification are part of the app's efforts to protect hosts from party-related issues or damage to their property.