Home rental firm Airbnb will block British bookings on its platform for the vast majority of customers on Thursday, allowing only key workers to ...
Home rental firm Airbnb will block British bookings on its platform for the vast majority of customers on Thursday, allowing only key workers to stay in properties for as long as emergency government coronavirus restrictions are in place.
The move comes after hosts using the site had been criticised for advertising"isolation retreats", with tourism minister Nigel Huddleston saying that property owners were being"incredibly irreponsible".Airbnb last week barred rentals that were private rooms in shared houses, and disabled the instant book function for whole properties, while offering guests refunds for rooms they no longer wished to take up.
While listings will still appear on the platform, bookings on Airbnb will be blocked from 9:00 local time on Thursday until at least April 18, unless it is for an essential stay.
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