Airbnb will validate all listings in 2020. Really?

We cannot wait.

Airbnb CEO promises to validate all listings in 2020

In a tweet, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has said, that all Airbnb listings will be validated by December of 2020. It is not clear what the word “validated” encompasses, but since the promise has come in wake of fraud discovery, we assume that it has to do validating that listing are physically there. Not if the property allows it.

By 12/15/20, every home and every host on Airbnb will have been reviewed, with the objective to verify 100% of listings. Trust on the Internet begins with verifying the accuracy of the information on Internet platforms — this is an important step for our industry.

— Brian Chesky (@bchesky) November 6, 2019

AirB Aware will follow up

As is has been made clear for many property HOAs, Airbnb does not like questions about rules and regulations when it comes to listings in buildings. Especially the ones that do not allow short term rentals. But with this policy change, maybe there is hope. Air B Aware will be asking Brian Chesky of Airbnb through social media if the validation of listings includes validating the permission to list a unit against rental restrictions. Stay tuned, we are on a mission and will post these result shortly.