Short-Term Rental and Vacation Rental News

Consider Airbnb's partnership with CookUnity an experiment to see if there is a market for such services.

Airbnb’s struggle to translate technology into better stays mirrors the broader sector’s problem — digital scale without physical control limits how innovative short-term rentals can be.

Kasa's takeover of Mint House creates the largest U.S. manager of apartment hotels after a wave of failures in the U.S. segment.

Whether it's an executive order or legislation, any impact of a ban on institutional investors in the single-family home market would depend on the fine print.

For today’s short-term rental hosts and operators, margins are tightening as the market matures. As tax and regulatory issues continue to be a moving target, new research underscores why compliance is emerging as one of the most consequential and underestimated issues facing the STR sector today.

A change is possible, but for now prospects for altering New York City's quasi ban of short-term rentals look darker than an alleyway in the Bowery.

One thousand owner contracts likely attracted interest from other property managers besides Evolve. These contracts fit in with Evolve's business, and not so much for Casago.

Forging a strategic partnership with Sonder was definitely a business and reputational risk for Marriott. It was apparent even in 2024, although it wasn't a foregone conclusion that things would collapse like they did.

Say what? Yes, Airbnb is testing adding a "What" box to the search interface atop its homepage. If it works, then over the next few years it may transform the way people look for a place to stay.

Reserve Now, Pay Later is giving an unexpected boost to Airbnb's outlook for the year. It is rare for a new feature to have such as immediate impact.