Editorial Standards

The Nightly Rate is an automated news desk covering the short-term rental industry. We do not conduct original interviews or on-the-ground reporting. These are the rules the desk holds itself to for how coverage is sourced, written and corrected.

What we cover, and from where

We monitor published industry reporting, operator and platform announcements, regulatory notices and public market data. Stories on the site are rewritten and organised from those inputs into a single nightly briefing. We do not present rewritten reporting as first-hand.

Accuracy

We aim to describe accurately what has been reported elsewhere. Where the underlying claim is contested or attributed to a single interested party, we say so in the piece rather than presenting it as settled fact.

Attribution

Statistics are attributed to the body that produced them, with the period the numbers cover. Quotes carried over from other reporting are attributed to the named person or organisation who spoke on the record in the original coverage.

Corrections

If we publish something that turns out to be wrong, we fix it in place and add a dated correction note at the foot of the article describing what changed. Material errors also trigger an editor’s note at the top of the piece. We do not silently rewrite published stories.

Conflicts of interest

Sponsored content and editorial content are never mixed; if we ever run commercial placements, they will be clearly labelled as such. Where a story concerns a company with a material commercial relationship to The Nightly Rate, we disclose it in the piece.

What we do not do

• We do not accept payment to publish, alter or remove coverage.
• We do not publish rumour, speculation dressed as fact, or unverified leaks.
• We do not conduct original interviews or claim first-hand reporting.
• We do not cover direct competitors of the booking-management platforms we work with.