February 2020

Lucia the elephantone of the East Coast's most iconic attractions, is welcoming visitors for overnight stays for the first time in over 100 years. Lucy the elephant ©Airbnb Reaching a height of six stories, Lucy has been a commanding…

(Reuters) - The common shares of many high-flying venture capital-backed startups are worth less than headlines would have some people believe, and an online calculator that two finance professors debuted on Wednesday can now quantify this…

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday expressed concerns about legislative proposals that would further restrict local governments from regulating short-term vacation rentals.DeSantis said he hasn't made up his mind on the bills (HB…

8580 Abrams is a popular property on Airbnb.com Imagine you're planning a weekend bachelorette party, baby shower, or poolside party in Dallas for 20 of your closest friends, and lodging at your house won't be enough. You rent one of…

Airbnb started as a way to help two friends manage a rent increase. Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky had just quit their jobs to start a business when their landlord raised the rent by 20%. But a big design conference was coming to town and…

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Airbnb has become so widespread in Britain that parts of the country now have listings for four properties, raising fears that the rapid expansion of short-term rentals is 'out of control' and depriving communities of much-needed…

Concerns have been raised about the “out of control” expansion of short-term rental properties, as research suggests some areas have an Airbnb listing for four properties. Edinburgh Old Town has 29 active listings on…

PHOENIX - Two bills were discussed Thursday morning in the Arizona Legislature that would regulate vacation rental properties statewide. Before the committee considered the legislation in the Senate, dozens of…

Full-time use of houses and apartments in Dublin City for Airbnb-style rentals is set to be phased out, following a decision by Dublin City Council not to allow short-term rentals.The policy decision comes as a company that owns five…

Airbnb has become so widespread in Britain that parts of the country now have listings for four properties, raising fears that the rapid expansion of short-term rentals is 'out of control' and depriving communities of much-needed…

youUntil recently, the Sant Pere district of Barcelona had withstood the wave of mass tourism. A decade ago, many visitors who ventured there found it forbidding, if not a little spooky, and soon retreated to the more familiar and…

Early one morning, two strangers entered the front door of Emil Lippe's home in Lakewood, priced at $ 940,000.The two men, Lippe said, had mistaken his house for the Airbnb rental where they were staying next door. After asking why they…

Full-time use of Dublin City houses and apartments for Airbnb-style rentals is set to be phased out, following a decision by Dublin City Council not to allow short-term rentals.…

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date. Please look at the history's timestamp to see when it was last updated. OLATHE, Kan. (WDAF) - An Airbnb host said his home was ransacked…

After being arrested in Fort Lauderdale in a $ 4,000-a-night Airbnb rental housing 900 pounds of cocaine, Gregorio Martinez is a free man. Following a seven-day trial earlier this month in federal court in Miami, the 36-year-old was…

Super Bowl week may have brought big money to South Florida's economy, but it also caused problems for Miami Beach.In the days before and after the game, code compliance officers levied $168,000 in fines related to illegal vacation rentals…

An illustration of Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Los Angeles ranks No. 1 in the nation for both the number of short-term rentals and the ratio of short-term rentals to hotel rooms, a rapid increase that occurred amid the legislation of the…

Nearly 8 million people visit Prague every year, about six times its permanent population. The Czech capital's Gothic landmarks - Charles Bridge, the Astronomical Clock and the fairy-tale towers of the Church of Our Lady before Týn…

Visit a galaxy far, far away in this "Star Wars" themed Airbnb. Hop aboard the Millennium Falcon and get ready to do the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs, because this Airbnb can certainly get you there. Known as the "Twelve Parsecs by…

Breadcrumb Links Local News Manon Wascher says the Guy St. apartment complex where she's lived for 30 years has turned into an "Airbnb nightmare," with an atmosphere of sisterhood permeating the building. Posted on…

TALLAHASSEE — A stream of anxious homeowners and government officials from Miami Beach to Tallahassee marched before a Senate committee on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to reject a plan to stop their cities from regulating short-term vacation…

Daniel Kehlmann, in 2017. BEOWULF SHEEHAN/SHEEHAN/OPALE VIA LEEMAGE “Le Roman de Tyll Ulespiègle” (Tyll), by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from German by Juliette Aubert, Actes Sud, 416 p., €23.…

Czech Republic: In order to combat the continued increase in tourism, the city of Prague has announced its intention to limit Airbnb. The introduction of Airbnb has radically changed the social makeup of the city, transforming sleepy…

For decades, its fascinating blend of Baroque and Gothic beauty was closed off to mass tourism by the Iron Curtain that separated the communist east from the capitalist west during the Cold War. Today, Prague, which has earned an…

Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib, recently stated in a maintenance that “landlords would be prohibited from renting entire apartments unless it was their own home and they temporarily vacate it. Tourists requesting Airbnb rentals would…

For decades, its fascinating blend of Baroque and Gothic beauty was closed off to mass tourism by the Iron Curtain that separated the communist east from the capitalist west during the Cold War.Now Prague, which has earned an unenviable…

For decades, its fascinating blend of Baroque and Gothic beauty was closed off to mass tourism by the Iron Curtain that separated the communist east from the capitalist west during the Cold War.Now Prague, which has earned an unenviable…