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.
Discover how Airbnb’s Global Head of Hosting wants to rebuild trust with Airbnb Hosts
Catherine Powell is the new Global Head of Hosting at Airbnb. In late July, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced drastic ...
While Booking.com launches a “Work-Friendly Program” for homes and apartments, Airbnb reduces Airbnb for Work into a more nimble “Laptop-Friendly Workspace” requirement.
Vacation rentals have been great places where to work for a very long time. Witness Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye villa in ...
airbnb ceo Brian Chesky on drastic changes in travel patterns, pausing Airbnb plus and luxe, focusing on homes and experiences, refunding guests, firing employees, IPO plans and racial justice.
During an interview with Andy Serwer, Brian Chesky gave a very interesting and detailed exposé that vacation rental managers, Airbnb ...
Why And How Should Hosts Use Airbnb’s New Listing Promotion?
Are you a new host? Or are you a seasoned property manager with some new listings? Perhaps you noticed an ...
How To Set Promotions And Discounts On Airbnb
Looking for ways to increase your occupancy and make your listing stand out in the Airbnb search results? Offering special ...
Airbnb Custom Promotions: How To Attract More Bookings With Better Merchandising
Do you offer any summer discounts? Have you lowered your rates recently? While it’s definitely important to sell competitive rates, ...
How to optimize your Airbnb for Summer 2020 travel trends
Is the summer 2020 travel season going to be a total bust? As a property manager, you’re probably wondering when ...
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky on almost losing everything, and now running a leaner and More Agile Company
The tone of the press about Airbnb.com is changing. The company is now treated as the comeback kid that has ...
Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, and Trip endorse WTTC’s Safe Travels protocols for Short-Term Rentals
This is no small feat: Getting arch-rivals Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, Trip to agree to have a common stance on something. ...
Property managers found Vrbo’s response to COVID-19 crisis the best, while trust in Airbnb collapses, Survey finds
This survey is a snapshot taken in late March, at the peak of the havoc created by the coronavirus COVID-19 ...
Airbnb go near Campaign: A global Effort to promote Domestic Travel and Vacation Rentals
As Summer 2020 is supposed to be about domestic travel and drive-to destinations, Airbnb has launched an impressive global campaign ...
The Airbnb Cleaning Handbook: Airbnb’s manual to its Enhanced Cleaning Protocol and Instructions ( + PDF)
In order to pass Airbnb’s cleaning protocol quiz and get the cleaning highlight on their listing, hosts have to familiarize ...
Airbnb hosting cleaning commitment: 5-step protocol, Education & Online Quiz to get the Airbnb Cleaning Highlight
In April 2020, Airbnb announced its Enhanced Cleaning Initiative. The company had already published some a few simple cleaning checklists ...
Airbnb Professional Tools: Discover the new Airbnb performance report tab and its Quality metrics
Airbnb has launched a new version of its Performance tab. Not only have some names and charts changed, but Airbnb ...
Vacation rental Cleanliness: Airbnb’s Cleaning Checklist and Guidelines (COVID-19)
Airbnb published in April recommendations for hosts regarding the cleanliness of listings in a COVID-19 world. This Airbnb Cleaning Checklist ...
The 24-hour and 72-hour buffers between Stays are the real Health Measures in Airbnb’s “new Enhanced Cleaning Initiative” and “Booking Buffer”
(This article is part of our series: Vacation rental safety & is Airbnb safe?) To get travelers to trust the ...
Airbnb Monthly Stays, the Airbnb feature eclipsed by the Online Experiences hype
On April 9, Airbnb’s homepage changed and revealed 2 new product categories: Next to the usual “Places To Stay” and ...
Airbnb Professional Hosting Tools: What Property Managers Need to Know
If you’ve managed properties on Airbnb for a while, then you’ve noticed how the system is constantly changing and evolving. ...
How to Set Up and Maximize Your Airbnb Pro Marketing Page
Included in Airbnb’s suite of professional hosting tools, along with rule-sets and the multi-calendar, is the pro marketing page. This ...
“Are you a private or a business host?” asks Airbnb (and soon Booking.com) to comply with EU request
Airbnb and Booking.com have agreed to ask, respectively, Airbnb hosts and Booking partners whether or not they are professionals in ...
