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Description of Business	3 Months Ended
Description of Business	Mar. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	Description of Business Company and Background Sonder Holdings Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and together with its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively Sonder) provides short and long-term accommodations to travelers in various cities across North America, Europe and the Middle East. The Sonder units in each multi-family building and each hotel property are selected, designed and managed directly by Sonder. As used herein, “Sonder,” “we,” “our,” the “Company” and similar terms include Sonder and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. On January 18, 2022, Sonder consummated the previously announced business combination by and among Gores Metropoulos II, Inc. (GMII), Sunshine Merger Sub I, Inc. (First Merger Sub), a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Second Merger Sub (as defined below), Sunshine Merger Sub II, LLC, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of GMII (Second Merger Sub), and Sonder Operating Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Sonder Holdings Inc. (Legacy Sonder) (the Business Combination). Refer to Note 16. for details of the transaction.