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pandemics and health concerns, restrictions on travel, immigration,
trade disputes, economic downturns, and the impact of climate change on
travel including the availability of preferred destinations and the
increase in the frequency and severity of weather-related events,
including fires, floods, droughts, extreme temperatures and ambient
temperature increases, severe weather and other natural disasters, and
the impact of other climate change on seasonal destinations;
•political, social, or economic instability;
•Hosts failing to meet guests'expectations, including increased
expectations for cleanliness in light of the COVID-19 pandemic;
•increased competition and use of our competitors'platforms and
services;
•Hosts failing to provide differentiated, high-quality, and an adequate
supply of stays or experiences at competitive prices;
•guests not receiving timely and adequate community support from us;
•our failure to provide new or enhanced offerings, tiers, or features
that guests value;
•declines or inefficiencies in our marketing efforts;
•negative associations with, or reduced awareness of, our brand;
•actual or perceived discrimination by Hosts in deciding whether to
accept a requested reservation;
•negative perceptions of the trust and safety on our platform; and
•macroeconomic and other conditions outside of our control affecting
travel and hospitality industries generally.
In addition, if our platform is not easy to navigate, guests have an
unsatisfactory sign-up, search, booking, or payment experience on our
platform, the listings and other content provided on our platform is not
displayed effectively to guests, we are not effective in engaging guests
across our various offerings and tiers, or we fail to provide an
experience in a manner that meets rapidly changing demand, we could fail
to convert first-time guests and fail to engage with existing guests,
which would materially adversely affect our business, results of
operations, and financial condition.
*Any decline or disruption in the travel and hospitality industries or
economic downturn could materially adversely affect our business,
results of operations, and financial condition.*
Our financial performance is dependent on the strength of the travel and
hospitality industries. The outbreak of COVID-19 and emergence of its
variants caused many governments to implement quarantines and
significant restrictions on travel or to advise that people remain at
home where possible and avoid crowds, which has had a particularly
negative impact on cross-border travel. Other events beyond our control,
such as unusual or extreme weather or natural disasters, such as
earthquakes, hurricanes, fires, tsunamis, floods, severe weather,
droughts, extreme temperatures and ambient temperature increases, and
volcanic eruptions, the frequency and severity of which may be
increasingly impacted by climate change in future years (although it is
currently impossible to predict with accuracy the scale of such
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impact), and travel-related health concerns including pandemics and
epidemics such as Ebola, Zika, and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome,
restrictions related to travel including COVID-19 related vaccination
requirements, trade or immigration policies, wars, such as the ongoing
military action between Russia and Ukraine, terrorist attacks, sources
of political uncertainty, political unrest, protests, violence in
connection with political or social events, foreign policy changes,
regional hostilities, flight capacity restrictions, immigration
restrictions (including backlogs on passport renewals or limitations on
visa grants), imposition of taxes or surcharges by regulatory
authorities, changes in regulations, policies, or conditions related to
sustainability, including climate change and climate-related migration,
work stoppages, labor unrest, or travel-related accidents can disrupt
travel globally or otherwise result in declines in travel demand.
Because many of these events or concerns, and the full impact of their
effects, are largely unpredictable, they can dramatically and suddenly
affect travel behavior by consumers, and therefore demand for our
platform and services, which could materially adversely affect our
business, results of operations, and financial condition. In addition,
increasing awareness of the impact of air travel on climate change and
the impact of over-tourism may adversely impact the travel and
hospitality industries and demand for our platform and services, whether
due to the imposition of policies and regulations or changing societal
attitudes towards travel.
Additionally, the impact of macroeconomic conditions, including adverse
economic conditions, are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. Our
financial performance is subject to global economic conditions and their
impact on levels of discretionary consumer spending. Some of the factors
that have an impact on discretionary consumer spending include general
economic conditions, worldwide or regional recession, unemployment,
consumer debt, reductions in net worth, fluctuations in exchange rates,
inflation, residential real estate and mortgage markets, taxation,
energy prices, interest rates, consumer confidence, tariffs, and other
macroeconomic factors. Additional adverse macroeconomic conditions,