Does airbnb.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
airbnb.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from airbnb.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 3 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 8
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#737)
Can AI assistants cite airbnb.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
airbnb.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on airbnb.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How airbnb.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; airbnb.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; airbnb.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; airbnb.com does not.
- Among 195 sites of similar popularity, 28% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: OAI-Searchbot Allow: /calendar/ical/ Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub Disallow: /.well-known/assetlinks.json Disallow: /*/skeleton Disallow: /*/sw_skeleton Disallow: /500 Disallow: /account Disallow: /alumni Disallow: /api/v1/trebuchet Disallow: /associates/click Disallow: /book/ Disallow: /calendar/ Disallow: /contact_host Disallow: /disaster/lookup Disallow: /email/unsubscribe Disallow: /embeddable Disallow: /experiences/*?*scheduled_id Disallow: /experiences/*?*modal Disallow: /experiences/*/book Disallow: /external_link? Disallow: /fix-it Disallow: /fixit Disallow: /forgot_password Disallow: /google_place_photo Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos Disallow: /groups Disallow: /guidebooks Disallow: /help/feedback Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /home/dashboard Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /login_with_redirect Disallow: /logout Disallow: /manage-listing Disallow: /messaging/ajax_already_messaged/ Disallow: /my_listings Disallow: /oauth_connect Disallow: /payments/book Disallow: /reservation User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: /calendar/ical/ Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub Disallow: /.well-known/assetlinks.json Disallow: /*/skeleton Disallow: /*/sw_skeleton Disallow: /500 Disallow: /account Disallow: /alumni Disallow: /api/v1/trebuchet Disallow: /associates/click Disallow: /book/ Disallow: /calendar/ Disallow: /contact_host Disallow: /disaster/lookup Disallow: /email/unsubscribe Disallow: /embeddable Disallow: /experiences/*?*scheduled_id Disallow: /experiences/*?*modal Disallow: /experiences/*/book Disallow: /external_link? Disallow: /fix-it Disallow: /fixit Disallow: /forgot_password Disallow: /google_place_photo Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos Disallow: /groups Disallow: /guidebooks Disallow: /help/feedback Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /home/dashboard Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /login_with_redirect Disallow: /logout Disallow: /manage-listing Disallow: /messaging/ajax_already_messaged/ Disallow: /my_listings Disallow: /oauth_connect Disallow: /payments/book Disallow: /reservation User-agent: meta-externalagent Allow: /calendar/ical/ Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub Disallow: /.well-known/assetlinks.json Disallow: /*/skeleton Disallow: /*/sw_skeleton Disallow: /500 Disallow: /account Disallow: /alumni Disallow: /api/v1/trebuchet Disallow: /associates/click Disallow: /book/ Disallow: /calendar/ Disallow: /contact_host Disallow: /disaster/lookup Disallow: /email/unsubscribe Disallow: /embeddable Disallow: /experiences/*?*scheduled_id Disallow: /experiences/*?*modal Disallow: /experiences/*/book Disallow: /external_link? Disallow: /fix-it Disallow: /fixit Disallow: /forgot_password Disallow: /google_place_photo Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos Disallow: /groups Disallow: /guidebooks Disallow: /help/feedback Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /home/dashboard Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /login_with_redirect Disallow: /logout Disallow: /manage-listing Disallow: /messaging/ajax_already_messaged/ Disallow: /my_listings Disallow: /oauth_connect Disallow: /payments/book Disallow: /reservation User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /calendar/ical/ Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub Disallow: /.well-known/assetlinks.json Disallow: /*/skeleton Disallow: /*/sw_skeleton Disallow: /500 Disallow: /account Disallow: /alumni Disallow: /api/v1/trebuchet Disallow: /associates/click Disallow: /book/ Disallow: /calendar/ Disallow: /contact_host Disallow: /disaster/lookup Disallow: /email/unsubscribe Disallow: /embeddable Disallow: /experiences/*?*scheduled_id Disallow: /experiences/*?*modal Disallow: /experiences/*/book Disallow: /external_link? Disallow: /fix-it Disallow: /fixit Disallow: /forgot_password Disallow: /google_place_photo Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos Disallow: /groups Disallow: /guidebooks Disallow: /help/feedback Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /home/dashboard Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /login_with_redirect Disallow: /logout Disallow: /manage-listing Disallow: /messaging/ajax_already_messaged/ Disallow: /my_listings Disallow: /oauth_connect Disallow: /payments/book Disallow: /reservation User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: /calendar/ical/ Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub Disallow: /.well-known/assetlinks.json Disallow: /*/skeleton Disallow: /*/sw_skeleton Disallow: /500 Disallow: /account Disallow: /alumni Disallow: /api/v1/trebuchet Disallow: /associates/click Disallow: /book/ Disallow: /calendar/ Disallow: /contact_host Disallow: /disaster/lookup Disallow: /email/unsubscribe Disallow: /embeddable Disallow: /experiences/*?*scheduled_id Disallow: /experiences/*?*modal Disallow: /experiences/*/book Disallow: /external_link? Disallow: /fix-it Disallow: /fixit Disallow: /forgot_password Disallow: /google_place_photo Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos Disallow: /groups Disallow: /guidebooks Disallow: /help/feedback Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /home/dashboard Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /login_with_redirect Disallow: /logout Disallow: /manage-listing Disallow: /messaging/ajax_already_messaged/ Disallow: /my_listings Disallow: /oauth_connect Disallow: /payments/book Disallow: /reservation User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: * Allow: /calendar/ical/ Allow: /.well-known/amphtml/apikey.pub Disallow: /.well-known/assetlinks.json Disallow: /*/skeleton Disallow: /*/sw_skeleton Disallow: /500 Disallow: /account Disallow: /alumni Disallow: /api/v1/trebuchet Disallow: /associates/click Disallow: /book/ Disallow: /calendar/ Disallow: /contact_host Disallow: /disaster/lookup Disallow: /email/unsubscribe Disallow: /embeddable Disallow: /experiences/*?*scheduled_id Disallow: /experiences/*?*modal Disallow: /experiences/*/book Disallow: /external_link? Disallow: /fix-it Disallow: /fixit Disallow: /forgot_password Disallow: /google_place_photo Disallow: /api/v2/google_place_photos Disallow: /groups Disallow: /guidebooks Disallow: /help/feedback Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /help/search Disallow: /home/dashboard Disallow: /inbox Disallow: /login_with_redirect Disallow: /logout Disallow: /manage-listing Disallow: /messaging/ajax_already_messaged/ Disallow: /my_listings Disallow: /oauth_connect Disallow: /payments/book Disallow: /reservation
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does airbnb.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, airbnb.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from airbnb.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does airbnb.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at airbnb.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: airbnb.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.