Airbnb blocks 2,600 young adults from renting “party” homes in Denver

Airbnb for the past year has actively blocked short-term rentals it suspects might be used to host large parties, the kind that upset hosts, disturb neighborhoods, and give the industry a bad name.

“If you are under the age of 25 and you don’t have a history of positive reviews, we will not allow you to book an entire home listing local to where you live,” said Ben Breit, head of trust and safety communication with San Francisco-based Airbnb.

A year in, the technology Airbnb deployed has blocked or redirected potentially risky reservation attempts from more than 2,600 people in Denver, he said. By comparison, the company has blocked 5,000 suspicious bookings in Phoenix; 4,500 each in Las Vegas and Seattle; 2,600 in Portland, Ore.; 1,800 in Salt Lake City and 1,500 in Albuquerque.

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