Revenue (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregated Revenue

The following table sets forth Sonder’s total revenues for the periods shown disaggregated between direct and indirect channels (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Direct revenue	$	33,912	$	17,227	$	77,968	$	40,347
Indirect revenue	33,542		9,244		68,313		46,846
Total revenue	$	67,454	$	26,471	$	146,281	$	87,193

The following table sets forth Sonder’s total revenue for the periods shown disaggregated by channel (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2020		2019
Direct revenue	$	59,340	$	46,779
Indirect revenue	56,338		96,131
Total revenue	$	115,678	$	142,910

Revenue by Geographical Area

Revenue by geographic area is attributed based on the location where the guest stays and is as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2020		2019
Revenue:
Americas
United States	$	85,891	$	113,567
Other Americas	5,520		7,661
Total Americas	91,411		121,228
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Great Britain	8,607		16,139
United Arab Emirates	10,328		1,787
Other EMEA	5,332		3,756
Total EMEA	24,267		21,682
Total revenue	$	115,678	$	142,910

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The following table summarizes Sonder’s beginning allowance for doubtful accounts balance for each period, additions, write-offs net of recoveries, and the balance at the end of each period shown (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2020		2019
Beginning balance	$	2,503	$	1,292
Additions	2,577		1,211
Write-offs, net of recoveries	2,510		—
Ending balance	$	2,570	$	2,503