PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Ahead of Halloween weekend, Airbnb is cracking down on house parties in Arizona and across the U.S.
Some anti-party defenses include blocking certain one-night and two-night stays over the holiday weekend. They use machine learning technology to identify and deny these potentially high-risk requests.
Some high-risk indicators include whether the stay is being booked at the last minute, the length of the trip and the distance to the listing.
“The overwhelming majority of Airbnb guests are responsible travelers, and issues are rare. We want to support our hosts and local communities by trying to reduce the risk of disruptive parties even more, and we believe these measures will help us to do just that,” Tara Bunch, global head of operations at Airbnb, said.
Last year, Airbnb enacted a similar “defense strategy.” The company says that the systems blocked over 31,000 people across the U.S. from booking short stays over …