With the relaxation of the covid restrictions people will soon be looking forward to holidays the Airbnb offerings will come to the fore.
What is often overlooked here and as a result of the radar of the normal fire and life safety conversations is that Airbnb sites are outside of planning rules and conventional hotel rules.
There will be, in most cases have no fire doors, no emergency lighting, no Part 1 fire alarm provision (Part 6 if you are lucky) no FRA nor compartmentation and no planning for a potential fire or escape in the event of an incident.
Thus, the risks and issues when booking overnight accommodation in these scenarios are serious and significant, whilst the costs may be low the risks most certainly are not so, when considering using such locations you need to be fully aware and fully informed.
Your chosen location will, likely have little in the way of accepted fire and life safety provision and thus you need to consider this for you and those in your party before booking.
