North of England Edges Ahead in UK Staycation Demand
A survey of British holidaymakers puts the North of England ahead of the South West and Scotland as the top staycation pick for the year, with 45% naming it their preferred domestic destination.
Pricing, ADR and RevPAR
College Football Season Lifts Short-Term Rental RevPAR 4.5%
June short-term rental revenue per available room rose 4.5% year-over-year, the fastest demand growth since October 2025, with a new report flagging three unnamed college football markets for a demand spike this autumn.
Jefferson County Adds Airbnb, Vrbo Hosts to Hotel Tax Rolls
Jefferson County, New York, has launched a registry requiring short-term rental hosts to collect and remit the county's occupancy tax, a levy that until now applied only to hotels and motels.
Dominican Republic Denies Tax Motive Behind Airbnb Rules
The country's tourism minister says new oversight of short-term rentals is about guest safety, not a quiet tax grab on hosts.
Idaho's Pirate-Ship Rental Earns $80,000 Without a Furnace
A themed lake house on Airbnb pulls in $80,000 a year while operating only part of the season, with no heating system installed.
Hosts Still Manually Fix What Their 'AI' PMS Claims to Automate
Every property management system vendor now advertises AI, but operators running multi-property portfolios say the daily workload of pricing checks, message triage and calendar reconciliation hasn't shrunk.
Rigid Minimum-Stay Rules Are Costing Hosts Booked Nights
Operators running a flat minimum-stay policy across the calendar are leaving gap nights unsold, and the fix is closer to inventory management than pricing strategy.
Stop Guessing on Weekend Rates, Let Your Calendar Decide
New pricing guidance for hosts argues the default weekend markup is often wrong for the market and should be replaced with rates set from a property's own occupancy history.
Hosts Face Tighter Rules in Edinburgh and Sydney as World Cup Lifts Bookings
A monthly trade briefing links a booking surge in 2026 World Cup host cities to continued licensing pressure on short-term rental operators in Edinburgh and Sydney.
New Airbnb Occupancy Rankings Show Big Gaps Between Markets
A country-by-country occupancy comparison now circulating among hosts claims to rank short-term rental demand worldwide, but the underlying data has no audited source.
Colorado Primary Upsets Raise Odds of Tighter Rental Rules
Progressive wins over establishment Democrats in Colorado's primary could tilt next year's legislature toward stricter short-term rental oversight, at a time when many mountain-town hosts are already reporting higher advertised rates and softer occupancy.
Wales to Review Punishing 182-Day Holiday Let Tax Rule
The Welsh Government has opened a review of the occupancy threshold that forces self-catering owners to hit 182 let days a year or lose business rates status.
US Vacation Rental Revenue Jumps 26% in September
Short-term rental revenue rose sharply last month, though the figures released so far don't say whether it was rate growth, occupancy, or both.
US Short-Term Rental Rules Still Vary Block by Block
A listing that is fully compliant in one city can be unlicensed a few streets over, and hosts running properties in more than one market are left tracking state, county and municipal rules one at a time.
Boston Brownstone Takes On Hotel Chains With Cloud PMS
A nine-room guest house in Boston's Back Bay is competing with branded hotel chains on booking technology rather than joining one, after new owners rebuilt its systems around a cloud property management platform.
Miami Airbnb Hosts Outearned Every Other Host City
A new report says Airbnb hosts in Miami pulled in more revenue than hosts in any other tournament market during this summer's FIFA Club World Cup.
Miami Hosts Push World Cup Rates Well Above Normal
Short-term rental hosts near Hard Rock Stadium raised nightly rates and minimum stays during World Cup matches, and demand didn't blink.
Falling Foreign Arrivals Set to Squeeze US Rental Bookings
A forecast decline to 67.9 million international visitors in 2025 threatens occupancy in the short-term rental markets that depend most on overseas guests.
Hidden VAT Charges Push Airbnb's Host Fee Well Above Advertised Rate for Many European Operators
A closer look at tax rules shows that unregistered small hosts across the continent could be paying nearly four percentage points more than Airbnb's headline commission suggests.
Faster Guest Replies Tied to Higher Nightly Rates, New Data Suggests
A half-year review of AI-assisted guest messaging finds that response speed and review scores may matter more to revenue than the hours automation saves hosts.