June 2017

Let’s be realistic about this. What Airbnb operators like Terri Denison are doing is nothing new.People have been renting rooms outside of their homes to travelers for ages. This was especially true in the days of Jim Crow, when South…

A building in Madrid's Principe Street used primarily for vacation rentals.As the Spanish capital grapples with the growing phenomenon from tourist apartment accommodation in city centers – which locals say is driving up rents and causing…

A Barcelona woman became a squatter in her own home after discovering her tenant was using tourism Airbnb rental website to illegally sublet the apartment in the trendy district of Barceloneta. Montse Pérez saw the ad for her 32…

(Photo by Photo: Pablo via Creative Commons) It's midnight somewhere on the gray outskirts of Vilnius, and my girlfriend just burst out…

More cities in Broward County are trying to regulate residential property owners who advertise their homes online with Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms. Deerfield Beach and Pompano Beach last month began enforcing new…

Airbnb has added Dublin to its list of cities by taking advantage of the site's latest feature to improve the experience for travelers when visiting a new destination. Airbnb's recently launched Trips platform is the…

Spend some time wandering the streets of Amsterdam and you will quickly understand why there is a tourism problem. Streetcars, bicycles and pedestrians all compete for space in the narrow streets, making it a daunting task for the…