Articles tagged “guests”

Short-Term Rentals

Hurricanes But Not Flu Outbreaks: Airbnb Revises Cancellation Policy

Airbnb's new cancellation policy will cover hurricanes — if they trigger government travel bans. But if there is a flu warning in the U.S., a malaria emergency in Thailand, or a Covid-19 outbreak, these situations would not be covered.

Dennis Schaal | 4 weeks ago

Hurricanes But Not Flu Outbreaks: Airbnb Revises Cancellation Policy

Online Travel

Reduced Cleaning Fees and New Tools: How Airbnb Says It’s Keeping Rates Down

Is Airbnb sticker shot a thing of the past? Hardly, and especially when hosts hike up cleaning fees. But Airbnb seems to be moving in a positive direction on affordability.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Reduced Cleaning Fees and New Tools: How Airbnb Says It’s Keeping Rates Down

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Lawsuit in New York Exposes Fake Listings Issue

Verifying listings has not been a top priority for Airbnb over the years. But trying to root out fake listings through verification measures is high on the agenda for 2024. The effort would leak into 2025 at a minimum.

Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago

Airbnb Lawsuit in New York Exposes Fake Listings Issue

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb’s Latest Tools: ‘Guest Favorites,’ AI Photo Tours, and More 

If all of these Airbnb features work as advertised, then they will benefit hosts and guests — and Airbnb.

Dennis Schaal | 6 months ago

Airbnb’s Latest Tools: ‘Guest Favorites,’ AI Photo Tours, and More 

Short-Term Rentals

Vrbo Kicked Out ‘A Large Number’ of Hosts for Cancelling Guest Bookings

When online travel agencies trot out statistics on their numbers of properties, is it a vanity thing or something more strategic? If you take Vrbo at its word, it's going for quality over quantity.

Dennis Schaal | 6 months ago

Vrbo Kicked Out ‘A Large Number’ of Hosts for Cancelling Guest Bookings

News Blog

Airbnb Squatter Squabble in California Hits Home in NYC Short-Term Rental Crackdown

There have been plenty of headlines in the past few days about a lawsuit against an Airbnb guest in Brentwood, California, who has allegedly overstayed her reservation, which ended on March 19, 2022 —without paying rent for more than a year-and-a half. A vacation rental that was listed on Vrbo. We show this for illustrative…

Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb’s NYC Listings Fall 77%, Big Hotelier Sees ‘Tailwind’

Some believe that hotels stand to gain from Airbnb's NYC woes. Properties that might see an upside include Sonders and traditional hotels using Airbnb to sell rooms, especially if Airbnb opts to lean into the proposition.

Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago

Airbnb’s NYC Listings Fall 77%, Big Hotelier Sees ‘Tailwind’

Short-Term Rentals

Short-Term Rental Searches in NYC: Illegal Listings, Hotels, and Stays in New Jersey

Given NYC's tepid pace of approving host registrations of shared spaces, the most prevalent choices now on major short-term rental platforms are illegal listings and hotels.

Dennis Schaal | 8 months ago

Short-Term Rental Searches in NYC: Illegal Listings, Hotels, and Stays in New Jersey

Short-Term Rentals

NYC’s Host Registration Verification System Isn’t Ready on Airbnb Crackdown Day

New York City isn't a nimble tech company, for sure. It's untenable for the city to mandate a September 5 enforcement deadline to implement new host registration rules when the city hasn't met its side of the bargain.

Dennis Schaal | 8 months ago

NYC’s Host Registration Verification System Isn’t Ready on Airbnb Crackdown Day

Short-Term Rentals

NYC Short-Term Rental Enforcer to Provide Early Reprieve From New Registration Rules

Platforms and hosts will get some breathing room from the city in the early days after the registration rules kick in. There are enough moving parts to keep most of the fines at bay in the short term.

Dennis Schaal | 8 months ago

NYC Short-Term Rental Enforcer to Provide Early Reprieve From New Registration Rules