Airbnb says efforts to cut down on unauthorized parties in Cincinnati are working. The company banned all parties and events at Airbnb listings in August of last year. Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the company is doubling down on those efforts. Changes include blocking guests who do not have a history of positive reviews from booking one-night reservations of entire homes.Efforts to curb large gatherings during the pandemic led the company to restrict guests under age 25 from certain bookings last summer. "In the past year, this technology has blocked or redirected potentially risky reservation attempts from more than 2,000 people in Cincinnati," Airbnb said in a news release.In August, a handyman was shot in Cincinnati's Pendleton neighborhood as he tried to break up a large party at an Airbnb."Steven was someone who was really helpful for a lot of us and to see that happen to him was heartbreaking," said Eric Haberthier, president of the Greater Cincinnati AirBnB Owners Association. "The interesting thing about AirBnBs and illegal parties is that it's been a problem for the past 15 months or so, since COVID showed up, but it was really more of an issue at the beginning, the first four months or so."Haberthier said the association made a list of best practices for Airbnb hosts, which included tips to prevent parties. Those tips include fostering good relationships with neighbors."You know when something's not quite right. If it's someone that's local that's planning on staying at your place and they want to have a lot of people, and they're making the reservation on short notice, chances are you should have a conversation first," he said. "We don't want to be seen as party pads in the city. It'd be a terrible reputation. It's not a sustainable way to build a small business. It's not the way we want our property to be treated."
Airbnb says efforts to cut down on unauthorized parties in Cincinnati are working. The company banned all parties and events at Airbnb listings in August of last year.
Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the company is doubling down on those efforts. Changes include blocking guests who do not have a history of positive reviews from booking one-night reservations of entire homes.
Efforts to curb large gatherings during the pandemic led the company to restrict guests under age 25 from certain bookings last summer.
"In the past year, this technology has blocked or redirected potentially risky reservation attempts from more than 2,000 people in Cincinnati," Airbnb said in a news release.
In August, a handyman was shot in Cincinnati's Pendleton neighborhood as he tried to break up a large party at an Airbnb.
"Steven was someone who was really helpful for a lot of us and to see that happen to him was heartbreaking," said Eric Haberthier, president of the Greater Cincinnati AirBnB Owners Association. "The interesting thing about AirBnBs and illegal parties is that it's been a problem for the past 15 months or so, since COVID showed up, but it was really more of an issue at the beginning, the first four months or so."
Haberthier said the association made a list of best practices for Airbnb hosts, which included tips to prevent parties. Those tips include fostering good relationships with neighbors.
"You know when something's not quite right. If it's someone that's local that's planning on staying at your place and they want to have a lot of people, and they're making the reservation on short notice, chances are you should have a conversation first," he said. "We don't want to be seen as party pads in the city. It'd be a terrible reputation. It's not a sustainable way to build a small business. It's not the way we want our property to be treated."
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