Uvika Wahi
California’s Crackdown Widens: Beverly Hills Moves to Ban Short-Term Rentals Entirely
In a city synonymous with celebrity, luxury, and multimillion-dollar estates, the Beverly Hills City Council is taking a sharp turn ...
Grassroots Advocacy Is Working in Missouri’s Vacation Rental Industry
In parts of Missouri, vacation rental operators recently saw their annual property tax bills double or even triple, without expanding ...
Vrbo’s New BabyQuip Partnership Has Hosts Worried
A new Vrbo partnership is underway. Vrbo has quietly begun rolling out an integration with BabyQuip, a baby gear rental ...
EU Bookings Grew 4.8% in Q1 2025: Where Demand Rose (or Fell) Might Surprise You
Europe’s platform tourism is still growing, but not everywhere.In Q1 2025, platforms like Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia collectively hosted 129.6 ...
Airbnb’s NYC Political Campaign Backfires as Zohran Mamdani Advances
Airbnb has spent $5 million to influence New York City’s 2025 elections, yet one of the candidates it tried to ...
Why Airbnb’s New Ads Focus on Experiences, Not Listings
Airbnb has launched a new suite of 36- to 43-second ads that do something different: They barely mention homes. Instead, ...
New Vrbo Ad Puts the Spotlight on Last-Minute Deals
Vrbo just launched a new U.S.-only TV commercial called “Last Minute Getaway,” a sun-soaked spot that shows a family enjoying ...
Airbnb Flips the Script: Turning the Hotel Lobby’s Playbook Against Itself
For years, Airbnb has been the public face of overtourism, blamed for housing shortages, neighborhood erosion, and transforming city centers ...
Ho Chi Minh City Plans Legal Framework, Columbia Freezes Permits, Maui Ban Debate Intensifies
Ho Chi Minh City Reverses Ban, Plans Legal Framework for Short-Term Rentals Snigdha’s Views Columbia Imposes 12-Month Pause on New ...
Airbnb Is Spending $5 Million on NYC Elections—Here’s Why
Airbnb has launched a $5 million political campaign in New York City, starting with $1 million in digital attack ads ...
What Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo Are Doing to Win Over Event Travelers
Event-driven travel has long been a reliable demand stream. But in 2025, it’s become a battleground. Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo ...
Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com: All-In Pricing Is the New Standard
With new U.S. regulations coming into force on May 12, 2025, Booking.com and Vrbo have joined Airbnb in displaying total ...
Airbnb Under Fire in Spain: What the 66,000 Listing Purge Means
Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights and Consumer Affairs has ordered Airbnb to remove 65,935 listings for violating tourism accommodation laws. ...
Vrbo’s Rolls Out New Promotions Suite: What Managers Should Know
On the surface, Vrbo’s recently launched Promotions Suite may look like a simple toolkit for driving bookings. But zoom out, ...
Vrbo Q1 2025: Grew Modestly, But Felt the U.S. Slowdown More Than Airbnb or Booking.com
If you listened to Expedia Group’s earnings call for Q1 2025, hoping for updates about Vrbo, you probably came away ...
Paris Short-Term Rentals After the Olympic Glut: What French Open 2025 Tells Us
The French Open 2025 offers the clearest view yet of Paris short-term rental market trends in 2025, and a rare ...
What the Spain–Portugal Blackout Reveals About Keeping Your Short-Term Rentals Running During Disruptions
When Infrastructure Fails, Everything Stops On April 28, 2025, a sudden infrastructure collapse swept across Spain and Portugal. Power grids, ...
Airbnb vs. Vrbo Ads: Nick Saban Spot Benched After Complaint, Billboard Stays
Vrbo’s “host-free” campaign — from Nick Saban commercials to high-profile billboards — made waves for its cheeky positioning against Airbnb. ...
Airbnb Makes Total Price Display Global—Here’s What It Means for Short-Term Rental Managers
As of April 21, 2025, Airbnb guests around the world will now see the total price of a listing—including all ...
Vacasa-Casago Merger Saga Continues: Davidson Kempner Slams Special Committee in New Letter
In case you missed it: Vacasa agreed in December 2024 to a deal that would take the company private, merging ...
