Category: STR Industry — page 2

Airbnb announced its indoor camera ban a year ago today; it took effect April 30.
Owners who relied on them have had twelve months to build something better.

The 30-year average hit 7.04% this month, right as BNA reported a record 24.5 million passengers.
Expensive money slows new supply, which is better news for existing owners than it sounds.

Casago is acquiring Vacasa at $5.02 a share, roughly $128 million, announced yesterday.
If your home is managed by a national brand, one question matters more than the price.

Airbnb's Winter Release launched a marketplace of local co-hosts, and buried one number in it.
Local co-hosts average 4.86 stars. Large property managers average 4.62.

Owners obsess over the nightly rate and ignore the paperwork that lets them charge it.
New York just spent a year demonstrating which of the two actually decides your revenue.

Airbnb passed 8 million listings and called July 4 week its highest-revenue week ever in North America.
A year into Local Law 18, New York's short-stay listings are down 82%. Both facts belong in the same post.

Airbnb announced a full ban on indoor security cameras in March; it took effect on April 30.
Six weeks in, we are still finding devices in homes owners forgot they installed.

Airbnb's Summer Release added a host earnings dashboard alongside Icons and group-trip tools.
It is a useful view of one channel, and owners keep mistaking it for the whole picture.

Airbnb's Spring Update added Verified Listings badges and removed 100,000 low-quality listings.
The lesson is not really about badges. It is about whether your listing matches your house.

Airbnb's full-year 2023 results landed today, and the host-cancellation number is the one to read.
It says more about where this business is going than the listing count does.

AirDNA's 2024 outlook has US demand up 10.7% and supply up 10.9%, landing occupancy near 54.7%.
That is a market where the average home treads water and the well-run home does not.

Airbnb's Q3 numbers show 113 million nights booked and active listings up 19% year over year.
Demand is growing. Supply is growing faster, and that changes what wins a booking.