Airbnb
The latest insights and updates for Airbnb hosts, from in-depth looks at seasonal releases and new features to practical checklists and management tips. This category covers essential topics for vacation rental managers and short-term rental managers, including Airbnb experiences, hosting dashboard features, cleaning guidelines, cancellation policy updates, and brand strategy analysis. Stay informed on Airbnb’s fiscal growth, industry news, and the tools that can help you enhance your hosting and management approach.
Affordability and Comfort: Airbnb Targets Budget-Conscious Families
Airbnb is looking to position itself as the ultimate destination for family travel but may face challenges in shedding its ...
Airbnb Plus and Luxe in 2023: A Comeback Story for Premium Stays?
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, Airbnb made the difficult decision to pause two of its ambitious ...
Decoding Airbnb’s strategic priorities for 2023
While commenting on its 2022 financial results, its first-ever profitable year, Airbnb uncovers its three strategic priorities for 2023: In ...
Airbnb Attains Yearly Profitability for First Time in 2022, Breaking Records With Most Profitable Quarter Ever
During the fourth quarter of 2022, Airbnb reported a net income of $319 million, its most profitable quarter ever. Compared ...
Comparing Airbnb and Vrbo’s Policies on Verifying Guests and Preventing Party Bookings
Airbnb and Vrbo have recently been in the news for presenting some of their measures to better protects hosts. As ...
Evaluating the Evidence: A Closer Look at Data Provided by Airbnb on New Hosts’ Success
Airbnb’s recent “Airbnb It” advertising campaign has been designed to convince more people to become hosts on their platform. The ...
2023 Airbnb Commercials: Occasional hosts, airbnb it and get paid!
Over a decade ago, Airbnb’s first hosts were early adopters eager to be the first to join the Airbnb network. ...
Airbnb 2023 strategy playbook
What will Airbnb’s strategy be in 2023? We’ll first look at what Airbnb could take from 2022 and carry over ...
Airbnb tells EU also to include Google Travel in upcoming European short-term rental regulations
When responding to the EU’s plan for continent-wide regulations and data-sharing duties for short-term rental platforms, Airbnb asked the Commission ...
Airbnb’s big stick: 4,000 hosts suspended for discrimination, 340,000 guest bookings blocked on New Year’s Eve
When a big company runs an international platform, it must ensure that users are treated fairly and not subject to ...
The Airbnb-friendly marketplace lets renters can find a place to live and then airbnb it part-time (i.e., the Airbnb Resident Hosting program)
Airbnb has launched a marketplace of Airbnb-friendly apartments in 175 buildings in 25+ markets across the US. This is not ...
Airbnb Private Rooms: Even Brian Chesky is doing it; Why Airbnb likes people’s bedrooms again.
Suddenly, Airbnb is busy rediscovering and promoting private rooms, i.e., renting a bedroom in someone’s home. Brian Chesky has even ...
Transparency: How the European Union has made Airbnb more consumer-friendly than in the U.S.
In the US, social media pressure has made Airbnb implement big changes, from including “hidden fees” earlier in its total ...
#AirbnBUST: Will Airbnb’s 2022 Winter Release aggravate hosts’ fears about oversupply?
Is the #Airbnbust upon us? Is it even a real thing? While Airbnb has reported in Q3 2022 its strongest ...
Brian Chesky & Fees: Airbnb to display total “all-in” price to fight against perception it’s become unaffordable
As we predicted last week, Airbnb will make prices more transparent to its users starting in December. Why is this ...
Airbnb 2022 Winter Release
On November 16, 2022, Airbnb unveiled its Airbnb 2022 Winter Release. This Release is a mixed bag: Some improvements are ...
How to get a free Minut noise monitor from Airbnb (5 steps)
If you are an Airbnb host, you can now get up to 10 free noise-monitoring devices from Minut. In this ...
5 common Airbnb myths that need to get debunked
Let’s look at common Airbnb myths and see what is true about them. As hosts, a key to success is ...
Top US vacation rental markets hit by Hurricane Ian (maps), Steve Milo reports from Florida, Airbnb not to refund guests.
A revived and deadly Hurricane Ian is barreling its way north toward South Carolina’s coast today, a day after landing ...
Airbnb’s advice and data on how to attract digital nomads to your vacation rentals
How can you attract more digital nomads to your vacation rentals, for instance, to make up for softening demand in ...
