In 2024, about 51,500 people were blocked or redirected from booking entire home listings in the U.S., including more than 560 in Puerto Rico, over Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekends due to Airbnb’s antiparty measures.
“Surely many Puerto Rican business owners are faced with this dilemma: How do we keep innovating? On the one hand, innovating is what the market is calling us to do, but on the other hand, we don’t want to cross an ethical line and provoke distrust among the public and our clients.”