Rental Escapes Lets Travel Advisors Brand Its Villa Sites
Rental Escapes has opened its luxury villa portfolio to travel advisors through websites that carry the advisor's own name, not the company's.
US Vacation Rental News
Airbnb's Boutique Hotel Rooms Are Reshaping Host Search Results
Airbnb keeps adding independent hotel rooms to its US search results, and hosts in those markets are now competing for the same screen space as branded inventory.
Chaffee County Trustees Keep Rewriting Rental Policy Draft
A Colorado town board is still reworking its short-term rental ordinance, leaving operators without a final rule to plan around.
Pittsburgh Drafts Zoning Rules to Cover Every Short-Term Rental
Pittsburgh's planning department has proposed a zoning code amendment that would define and regulate short-term rentals across every part of the city for the first time.
Vacation Rental Buyers Now Take Months to Vet Markets
Brokers say short-term rental investors are stretching pre-purchase research from days to months, checking permit caps and licensing rules before making an offer.
Host-Funded Discounts Now Drive More Than 40% of Vrbo Bookings
Supplier-funded promotions have jumped from roughly a third to more than 40% of Vrbo bookings in a single quarter, which makes the platform's growth partly a transfer from owner margin.
Las Vegas Region Moves to Make Booking Sites Block Unlicensed Rentals
A Clark County ordinance would prohibit booking platforms from taking reservations for unlicensed properties, with electronic licence verification. Roughly 13,800 active listings sit against 229 issued licences.
Vrbo's Q2 Growth Traces Back to Host-Funded Discounts
An analysis of Expedia Group's second-quarter 2026 results argues Vrbo's booking gains lean on discounts and promotional funding that hosts pay for, not the platform.
Salt Lake City Hits Unlicensed Hosts With $1,000 Weekly Fines
The city has started fining unlicensed short-term rental operators $1,000 a week and paired enforcement with a two-night minimum stay and a 200-night annual cap.
Airbnb Loses Appeal, New Orleans Rental Rules Stand
A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to New Orleans' short-term rental ordinance, leaving the city's residency and permitting restrictions in force.
Most Short-Term Rentals in Warren, Vermont, Stay Unregistered
Warren's short-term rental registry is drawing weak sign-up from hosts, leaving the Vermont town with a thin picture of how many vacation rentals actually operate within its borders.
Airbnb Stock Hits Four-Year High on Raised Forecast
Airbnb shares climbed to their highest level since 2021 after the company lifted its revenue outlook and pointed to AI-driven bookings growth.
Georgia Judge Keeps Tybee Island's Rental Permit System Intact
A Chatham County judge has rejected a challenge to Tybee Island's short-term rental permitting and enforcement rules, leaving the beach town's system in place.
Vrbo Sponsored Listings: How the Paid Placement Auction Works for Hosts
A plain-language walkthrough of Vrbo sponsored listings - where the paid slots appear, what triggers a charge, and which numbers decide whether a campaign pays for itself.
Airbnb Lifts Full-Year Outlook as North America Bookings Accelerate
Airbnb's second-quarter results showed revenue up 17 percent and North American booking growth at its fastest pace in nearly three years, prompting a raised full-year forecast.
Airbnb's New Policy Chief Once Helped a City Regulate It
David Spielfogel worked on Chicago's early efforts to regulate Airbnb before running city fights for a scooter company. He now sets the platform's global policy agenda.
Behind Airbnb's Lark Deal: Five Brands, Sub-150-Room Hotels
Lark's network of nearly 100 small independent hotels across five brands is the shape of Airbnb's boutique supply push, and only its US properties are going on the platform.
Landing Lets Landlords Turn Empty Units Into Furnished Rentals
Landing has launched Occupancy on Demand, a service that lets multifamily owners furnish and list vacant apartments through its flexible-stay network rather than leaving them empty.
Vrbo Leans on Discounts as Expedia Posts 14% Revenue Rise
Expedia's second-quarter results show room-night growth built partly on subsidised rates, with more than 40 percent of Vrbo bookings carrying partner-funded offers.
Tampa Bay County's Rental Registration Plan Dies in Tie Vote
A Tampa Bay-area county commission split 2-2 on a proposed short-term rental ordinance, leaving existing rules in place for now.