as local bars clubs and restaurants place capacity limitations
due to the global virus and social distancing requirements
those looking to party have moved on to other places to keep the party going
sadly for us that has occasionally meant our airbnbs
but on august 20th airbnb took a pretty big step to stop parties on the platform
they also made it pretty hard for guests under the age of 25
to book a place in their local area airbnb is citing the global illness and
the need for social distancing as big factors in the decision but will
these actions truly stop parties are you going to miss
out on some good reservations as a result
i'm going to cover uncover all of this in this week's video
welcome to another episode of airbnb uncovered i'm matt the creator of airbnb
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so you just heard me right no more parties on airbnb
finally something that i and many hosts have been waiting for
for years i mean the vast majority of airbnb hosts are responsible and
reliable and they don't want anything to do with
parties the nuisance to the neighbors the messes the general
headache it's not worth it and to be honest the vast
majority of airbnb airbnb guests aren't partiers either they don't
want to check into a home that smells a booze or that is still dirty from a
party that happened the night before because
the host didn't have enough time to fully clean between guests
in the past as hosts we had a few tools at our disposal to prevent parties
we could noted in our house rules that we don't allow parties
and we could use party prevention technology
to try to stop a party before it started and i actually did a video on party
prevention a few months back and you can watch it by clicking on the
little i in the upper right hand corner of this video
but until now we host we're trying to prevent parties on our own
with little support from airbnb
so the million-dollar question is how effective will these
new rules from airbnb be to answer this question we need to
uncover exactly what the new rules are the first part of the new rule is that
airbnb has set the maximum number of guests that
any one listing can host at 16. so if you had a large home and you were
accommodating up to 20 guests in the past now your
maximum number that you can host at once is 16.
the next part of the new rule is that airbnb has removed
all search filters for allows events or parties so so guests
can no longer search for a listing that allows parties
you may not be aware of what this is so let me briefly explain
when you go to your house rules for your listing at the very top
there are a few check boxes that allow you
to show what you do allow and don't allow in your home smoking kids etc
and one of those checks boxes was allows parties or events
and this is now gone and it's that checkbox that allowed guests to search
for party friendly accommodation airbnb is basically saying if you're
hosting an event space you're gonna have to take your business
elsewhere to another website or platform the last and what i consider is the most
important step is that airbnb will not let any guests
under the age of 25 book an airbnb for a night or two that
is close to their home guests under 25 can still book longer
term stays that are close to home or short stays that are far away from
home guests who are under 25 and who have
three positive reviews and no negative ones
will be able to book close to home for a short stay since
they present a low risk and there's one more part of this
announcement airbnb has finally started legal action
against partiers this summer for the first time ever airbnb is going
after guests specifically the ones in the sacramento
party sacramento party that left three people murdered
airbnb says that whatever money it recovers from this legal action it will
donate to local gun violence charities
so let me say this again these are huge steps in curving parting bookings on
airbnb but as i've experienced in the past with
partiers and would-be partiers these criterias don't cover off the
entire risk the first big issue is that a guest can
easily change their home town listed on their profile easily
so with this advanced knowledge of the new rule younger guests can just simply
change the hometown listed on their profile to get around the rule
the second and probably most obvious one and the one that you're probably
thinking about already is that people over the age of 25 throw
big parties too and couldn't guests under the age of 25
get someone over the age of 25 to book for them
yeah and these are some very real loopholes
in the new rules but airbnb is hoping that the threat of legal action will
help deter this and plus third party bookings meaning
when a guest books on behalf of someone else
they're not permitted on airbnb but stay tuned to my channel as i'll be going
in depth into third-party bookings in a future video
question do you think airbnb's new rules that ban
locals under the age of 25 from booking removing the event-friendly
amenity option and threatening legal action will
actually prevent more parties tell me in the comments below
the new party rules by airbnb will they work
let me try to answer that question i'm not so sure that these measures from
airbnbs will kill all parties after hosting
about 3 000 guests and probably feeling four
times that many number of requests and inquiries i've
seen all kinds some people will go to any length to
secure the perfect spot for their party they're either thinking they won't get
caught or that as a host you can't do anything to stop them since
they've paid for their rental and we all know that's just not true so
what is the best thing you can do to prevent parties
well it all starts with vetting your guests properly and installing party
prevention technology as i mentioned earlier i did an entire
video on party prevention and you can watch it by clicking on the
little i in the upper right hand corner i also did another video on exactly how
i vet my guess and that video is also linked in the
upper right hand corner with the little eye i even created a
decision tree that takes you step by step through how
i decide whether or not i want to host a guest
i have the decision tree printed and i refer to it often
because it's so easy to get swayed by a guest that's telling you a sob
story you can download the decision tree for
free from my website the link is in the description below
but quickly let me explain how my decision tree works
i first look to see if a guest has any reviews
then i move on to where the guest is from then i look to see how old the
guest is and if i'm still not sure i ask lots and
lots of questions the decision tree will help you decide
when the facts aren't as cut and dry as they sounded in the
explanation i just gave you so be sure to print it out and finally
to answer the question of whether or not you'll lose out on some solid
reservations with the implementation of these new rules
i seriously doubt it maybe you'll lose one or two in the run of a year
depending on how often you host but trust me losing out on one or two
reservations far outweighs dealing with a party
and i suppose if you're in the business of hosting events and parties
well then you're going to lose out on a lot and i recommend that you find
another website or platform to list with it seems that it took a global illness
to get airbnb to take a tougher stance on parties i've
long said that allowing hosts to host irresponsible guests who throw
parties was going to kill the long-term
viability of the short-term rentals market
it seems that it took social distancing and gathering size restrictions from the
global illness to push them over the edge
regardless i'm just glad that they finally
are banning parties from the site as i mentioned i don't think these new rules
will completely eliminate parties from the platform as
there are always going to be rule breakers and guests who don't bother to
read the rules or anything else they've agreed to
during the booking process for that matter
but for these reasons i think that you still need to be vigilant in your guest
streaming and invest in party prevention
technology to truly prevent parties from happening in your listings
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