San Francisco-based Airbnb said it believes the ban worked to reduce violence, law violations and health concerns, with reports of parties listed on real estate down 44% from a year earlier. More than 6,600 visitors were suspended last year for related violations, the company said. Airbnb began destroying parties in 2019 after several people were killed during a shooting at a Halloween party at a house in Orinda, a suburb of the California Bay Area. At the time, the company banned advertising parties on Airbnb social media sites, promised to extend the manual review of “high-risk” bookings, and said it would remove visitors who did not comply with rental party policies. Airbnb accommodation. In 2020, the company temporarily banned ban on house parties on its properties worldwide, in an effort to comply with the limits on concentrations imposed due to the coronavirus epidemic. The number of parties at Airbnb sites increased during the pandemic, Airbnb said, as people moved gatherings from bars and clubs to rental homes. While making the ban permanent on Tuesday, Airbnb said it would lift the 16-person limit on rental properties. He said the ceiling was triggered by health concerns before vaccines against Covid-19 were available.