Airbnb

The latest insights and updates for Airbnb hosts, from in-depth looks at seasonal releases and new features to practical checklists and management tips. This category covers essential topics for vacation rental managers and short-term rental managers, including Airbnb experiences, hosting dashboard features, cleaning guidelines, cancellation policy updates, and brand strategy analysis. Stay informed on Airbnb’s fiscal growth, industry news, and the tools that can help you enhance your hosting and management approach.

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Airbnb Travel Insurance for Guests: Cost, details, limitations, differences with Aircover

Thibault Masson

Airbnb is rolling out its guest travel insurance in the US, the UK, and 8 countries of the European Union. ...

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Airbnb 2022 commercials: Airbnb Categories (Castles, Amazing Pools, Camping, and OMG!), with music and locations

Thibault Masson

Airbnb is launching a new global marketing campaign promoting its just-launched Airbnb Categories. The campaign features 4 of the 56 ...

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How do Airbnb Categories work?

Thibault Masson

For its 2022 Summer Update, Airbnb has introduced 56 categories that allow travelers to discover more properties and destinations than ...

How do Airbnb Split Stays work

How do Airbnb Split Stays work?

Uvika Wahi

The last couple of years have been transformative for the short-term rental industry and although not all the changes may ...

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(video + text) Brian Chesky shows what Airbnb’s 2022 Summer Release is about

Thibault Masson

Let’s hear about the 2022 Summer Release directly from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Here are the video, transcript, and visual ...

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Airbnb 2022 Summer update release

Thibault Masson

So, after the dust has settled, does Airbnb’s “biggest change to the platform in a decade” live up to its ...

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Airbnb quarterly results: First profitable Q1 ever, great outlook for 2022

Thibault Masson

While waiting for the “biggest change to Airbnb in a decade” (see our expectations for Airbnb’s 2022 Summer release), let’s ...

Airbnb investing with James Svetec

Start Airbnb investing now – insights from James Svetec behind Airbnb For Dummies

Lara McComish

Whether you’re new to Airbnb investing or you want to take your business to the next level, James Svetec is ...

New Airbnb Rebooking and Refund Policy

New Airbnb Rebooking and Refund Policy tougher for Hosts … but Guests affected by new terms too

Thibault Masson

(April 14, 2022 update) After much uproar on social media, in the trade press (see our original article below) and ...

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How Airbnb wants to unlock the next generation of Hosts

Thibault Masson

 Airbnb needs to grow its supply. To do that, it needs to unlock the next generation of hosts, as per ...

How to get Airbnb host badges: Airbnb.org supporter, Host Advisory Board member, and Community Leader

Lara McComish

Have you noticed that there are some new badges Airbnb hosts can include on their profiles? Airbnb has long positioned ...

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How Airbnb Payments, Inc. became a money transfer platform to help Ukrainian hosts

Thibault Masson

In this article, we look at why companies like Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, and Hopper need to build robust and flexible ...

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Airbnb Help Ukraine initiative: How to list your place and host a refugee

Thibault Masson

In the article, we show you how to list your place on Airbnb.org to welcome Ukrainian refugees. The military and ...

Airbnb Q4 2021 financial results: Great earnings, but question about supply growth linger

Thibault Masson

Here are our favorite data and quotes from Airbnb’s Q4 2021 financial results released this week. You can also check ...

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2022 Airbnb strategy

Thibault Masson

Brian Chesky has shared Airbnb’s 2022 strategy. Here are three pillars on which Airbnb’s new product features, marketing initiatives, new ...

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Is Live Anywhere the new normal for Airbnb?

Thibault Masson

Since 2007, Airbnb’s core mission has been to help anyone belong anywhere. For the hosts that make Airbnb, Airbnb, this ...

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Airbnb’s Terms of Service Update Raises Security Deposit Questions

Thibault Masson

Airbnb has updated its Terms of Service. Everyone will have to accept them starting from April 22, 2022. We looked ...

If Airbnb could launch anything in 2022, what would it be

Brian Chesky is asking you: If Airbnb could launch anything in 2022, what would it be?

Thibault Masson

This is now a yearly tradition: In the early days of January, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky turned to Twitter and ...

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Most popular 2021 articles: Airbnb commercials, upgrades, and cancellation policies + Vacasa + Sonder

Thibault Masson

What was popular in 2021 on Rental Scale-Up? Airbnb commercials, investor decks by hospitality businesses raising money (Sonder and Vacasa) ...

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TikTok videos reveal quirky Airbnb listings and 2022 décor trends

Thibault Masson

If you are an Airbnb host, you need to know how influential TikTok has become: Some guests use it to ...