As people turn to short-term vacation rentals to escape cities during the pandemic, municipalities often don’t have the data to ensure tourists are following local public health and noise laws.
Around the world, Airbnbs and other vacation rentals had been refuges for urban dwellers fleeing locked-down cities, sometimes in large, raucous groups. Sometimes, they effectively serve as pop-up speakeasies while coronavirus restrictions leave bars and nightclubs shuttered. As a result, Airbnb announced a ban on parties at rentals on its platform last month.