LOS ANGELES—Airbnb is putting in place policies to prevent disruptive parties over New Year’s Eve weekend, continuing an effort to encourage safe and responsible travel during a time when some people are more inclined to throw unauthorized parties, the company announced Dec. 8.
The ban on certain one-night bookings during New Year’s Eve for home listings in Los Angeles, and throughout Southern California and the country, are in effect for guests without a positive account history—or no bookings at all—and complementing Airbnb’s other party prevention systems and party bans, which were codified over the summer.
The party ban policies were first established in 2020. Airbnb estimates it has contributed to a year-over-year global drop in rates of party incidents over New Year’s Eve by roughly 56 percent….