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.
How does the Airbnb search algorithm work?
While it is impossible to list all Airbnb ranking factors, we can briefly show you how search placement and ranking ...
Airbnb Q2 earnings picture a resilient company prioritizing occasional hosts to get through the recession
Airbnb as a resilient company Airbnb’s business model was shaken but then validated by the new ways that guests used ...
Airbnb changing its policy on avoidable Host cancellations: Hosts must pay fee from $50 to $1,000 (updated)
(updated on July 27, 2022) Airbnb has announced that, starting August 22, 2022, hosts who cancel a reservation risk paying ...
“Go to Airbnb, pick a niche and execute it 10x better”: When Airbnb’s party ban favors smart entrepreneurs.
On June 28, 2022, Airbnb turned its temporary global party ban into a permanent one. The ban was born from ...
What Airbnb horror movies can teach hosts about creating trust with guests
When it comes to hospitality-linked horror movies, hotels had been dominating the screens for years, from Pyscho’s Bates Motel to ...
Short-term rentals for digital nomads: Still a trend to pursue in 2022?
Should all short-term rental managers and owners try and attract digital nomads? At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a ...
2022 Update: Airbnb addresses concerns around listing titles, listing visibility, and categories attributed
Since the release of the Summer 2022 Update, Airbnb hosts have shared recurring concerns about losing control over their listings. ...
Vacasa, Sonder, and Airbnb stocks down by up to 80% in 6 months: Should all property managers see it as a sign of a hard recession about to hit?
As a vacation rental manager, should you see the value of the shares of publicly-traded companies such as Vacasa, Sonder, ...
How to apply for the $10,000,000 Airbnb OMG! Fund (Airbnb Categories series)
Airbnb Categories, the company’s new way to help its users discover new listings and destinations, is at the front and ...
Airbnb’s new Co-Hosting platform welcomes professional property managers and matches them with individual hosts
While Airbnb says that it wants to focus on small hosts, it is also keen on professional property managers playing ...
How to optimise your listings in view of the Airbnb Categories update
If you’re an Airbnb host or a short-term rental property manager, you likely already know about the recent significant changes ...
Airbnb Travel Insurance for Guests: Cost, details, limitations, differences with Aircover
Airbnb is rolling out its guest travel insurance in the US, the UK, and 8 countries of the European Union. ...
Airbnb 2022 commercials: Airbnb Categories (Castles, Amazing Pools, Camping, and OMG!), with music and locations
Airbnb is launching a new global marketing campaign promoting its just-launched Airbnb Categories. The campaign features 4 of the 56 ...
How do Airbnb Categories work?
For its 2022 Summer Update, Airbnb has introduced 56 categories that allow travelers to discover more properties and destinations than ...
How do Airbnb Split Stays work?
The last couple of years have been transformative for the short-term rental industry and although not all the changes may ...
(video + text) Brian Chesky shows what Airbnb’s 2022 Summer Release is about
Let’s hear about the 2022 Summer Release directly from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Here are the video, transcript, and visual ...
Airbnb 2022 Summer update release
So, after the dust has settled, does Airbnb’s “biggest change to the platform in a decade” live up to its ...
Airbnb quarterly results: First profitable Q1 ever, great outlook for 2022
While waiting for the “biggest change to Airbnb in a decade” (see our expectations for Airbnb’s 2022 Summer release), let’s ...
Start Airbnb investing now – insights from James Svetec behind Airbnb For Dummies
Whether you’re new to Airbnb investing or you want to take your business to the next level, James Svetec is ...
New Airbnb Rebooking and Refund Policy tougher for Hosts … but Guests affected by new terms too
(April 14, 2022 update) After much uproar on social media, in the trade press (see our original article below) and ...
