Airbnb updated their Airbnb Terms of Service on May 27, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 1354 sentences after update.
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This new provision explicitly disclaims Airbnb's liability by recharacterizing it as a mere platform intermediary rather than a service provider, reducing its legal responsibility for Host Services and their quality/safety.
This reformulated provision explicitly states Airbnb can suspend/terminate 'without cause' and 'without prior notice', significantly strengthening Airbnb's unilateral right to remove users compared to the previous version which required showing breach or belief of breach.
This new provision establishes Airbnb's explicit disclaimer that it does not verify review accuracy and reserves the right to remove reviews, protecting it from liability for user-generated review content.
Removal of this provision eliminates the requirement for 30-day advance notice of material changes and the user's explicit right to terminate if disagreeing with new terms, reducing transparency and user control over agreement modifications.
Replacement of the previous provision that required Airbnb to 'believe' in breach before suspension with a new provision allowing suspension 'without cause' or 'without prior notice' significantly reduces user protections and procedural requirements.
Removal of specific payment collection timing and refund procedures eliminates transparency regarding when and how payments are processed and refunded, potentially obscuring fee structures and payment conditions from users.
Added section header 'ARBITRATION AGREEMENT', changed 'agree to waive' to 'ARE EACH WAIVING' (all caps for emphasis), and added language about survival of arbitration agreement post-termination.
Changed 'Member Content' to 'Content' throughout, expanded trigger actions from 'making available' to 'creating, uploading, posting, sending, receiving, storing, or otherwise making available', and changed 'grant to' to 'grant to' (simplified phrasing).
Restructured to apply only to Airbnb (removed broad 'neither Airbnb nor any other party' language), added explicit 'even if advised' clause, added 'total liability' cap concept, and changed specific examples to broader 'intangible losses' phrasing.
Changed 'hold Airbnb (including Airbnb Payments, other affiliates...)' to 'hold harmless Airbnb and its affiliates and subsidiaries, including but not limited to, Airbnb Payments', reordering the structure and adding explicit reference to 'subsidiaries'.
Changed section reference from 'Section 19' to 'Section 23', changed 'will be conducted' to 'must be brought', and changed 'consent to venue and personal jurisdiction there' to 'consent to venue and personal jurisdiction in San Francisco County, California'.
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