PriceLabs Guide Warns Hosts Not to Trust Airbnb's Auto-Pricing
Dynamic pricing platform PriceLabs has published guidance urging hosts to check Airbnb's Smart Pricing defaults rather than let the algorithm run unsupervised.
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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.
UK Hosts Hold the Line on Rates as Bookings Slow
Short-term rental operators are keeping nightly rates steady even as booking volumes soften, resisting the discounting that usually follows a demand dip.
UK Rental Rates Climb, But Autumn Occupancy Is Slipping
Average nightly rates for short-term rentals are running ahead of last year through August and September, but Key Data says softer forward bookings will likely leave revenue per available rental behind last year's pace.
Spain's Eclipse Lasts Minutes, Pricing Errors Could Cost a Month
hosts near the path of Spain's August 2026 total solar eclipse risk turning a two-minute event into weeks of empty nights and discounted rates.
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 Files Q2 2026 Results, Leaves Hosts Waiting on Detail
Airbnb has published its second-quarter 2026 financial results, but the release gives hosts little to act on until the underlying booking and fee data surface.
Hidden Fees Now the Top Reason Guests Abandon Bookings
A new guest survey finds unclear total pricing beats cleanliness and location as the single biggest reason travellers walk away from a vacation rental booking.
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.
Dubai Air Travel Rebounds While Rental Rates Stay Flat
Dubai's airport traffic keeps climbing but short-term rental occupancy and daily rates aren't keeping pace, squeezing margins for hosts and operators.
Eclipse Bookings Push Spain's Rural Rentals to 70% Occupancy
Rural rental occupancy in Spain is forecast to reach 70% this August, seven points above the same month last year, with bookings tied to next week's solar eclipse adding to the total, according to booking platform Escapada Rural.
Wales Signals Retreat From Its 182-Night Letting Rule
Cardiff is reportedly preparing to ease the annual letting threshold that decides whether a Welsh holiday let pays business rates or council tax.
Airbnb's Q2 Earnings Land Aug. 6, Nights Booked in Focus
Airbnb reports second-quarter results after market close on August 6, and the figures worth tracking are booking volume and summer demand, not the revenue headline.
Sussex County Beach Towns Carry Delaware's Rental Market
Rehoboth, Bethany and Dewey Beach account for most of Delaware's short-term rental income, leaving investors elsewhere in the state chasing a much smaller pool of demand.
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.
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.