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Short-Term Rental and Vacation Rental News

Find news stories, highlighting the latest trends, developments, and opportunities in the vacation and short-term rental markets. Read stories about property management, regulation changes, and the impact of technology on the guest experience. News stories in the archive also analyze the role of major players in the industry, such as Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, and how their strategies and innovations are influencing the overall market.

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Short-Term Rentals and a Tax Break

We’ve been talking a lot about the intersection of real estate and short-term rentals and today we continue to do so with another related topic: 1031 exchanges.

2 weeks ago

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Airbnb’s Playbook Is to Beat Hotels on Price and International Expansion

Airbnb, a household name brand that claims 90% of its platform traffic arrives without marketing, clearly has substantial advantages in international expansion over competitors.

Dennis Schaal | 3 weeks ago

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A Short-Term Rental Fueled Construction Boom

The City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina earlier this week gave its initial approval to a multi-family housing development plan. The proposal entails the annexation and rezoning of approximately 18 acres of land.

3 weeks ago

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Sonder Sets Shareholder Meeting to Approve Stock Split to Stay on Nasdaq

Sonder shareholders will vote in a special meeting September 15 on whether to give the board approval to carry out a reverse stock split — with the split ratio subject to the board's discretion. Sonder CEO Francis Davidson on stage with Skift Director of Research Seth Borko at the Skift Short-Term Rental Summit on June…

Dennis Schaal | 3 weeks ago

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Short-Term Rental Data – Can You Trust It?

The ‘Airbnbust’ debacle, which saw one short-term rental data vendor showing plunging host revenue way deeper than its peers, went viral. However, it does call for some introspection and interrogation to understand the data from different vendors that often is a bedrock for any story.

3 weeks ago

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Short-Term Rental Data – Behind the Complexity and the Nuances

Past events gave us enough incentive to look into how vendors gather and glean data on short-term rentals. Where there is transparency, there can be a degree of trust.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 3 weeks ago

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Home Prices May Be Falling, But Are They Affordable?

A county in California is conducting a comprehensive study to evaluate the impact of how short-term rentals affects housing availability in the county.

3 weeks ago

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Airbnb Hosts in Argentina Beat Inflation By Taking Payments in U.S. Dollars

Where there is an edge to be had, whether it's soaring inflation in Argentina or anything else, crafty entrepreneurs and hustlers will find a way to secure it. In Argentina, it can mean economic survival.

Anna-Catherine Brigida and Eliana Raszewski, Reuters | 4 weeks ago

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These Pop-Up Hotels Are a Solution for Tough Rental Markets

What do you do when you’re a short-term rental operator during peak travel season in a busy market with regulatory restrictions? Try a pop-up property.

4 weeks ago

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These (Surprising) Markets Had Biggest Listings Growth

Airbnb listings skyrocket in cities – even where they are banned – and operators in Victoria, Canada, creatively evade regulations to profit in during an affordability crisis.

4 weeks ago