In the U.S., unique types of stays on Airbnb (think treehouses, tiny homes, lighthouses, farm stays, etc.) make up 3.3% of available listings but take an outsized share of the image of short-term rentals. I recently sat down with Zach Busekrus | The Airbnb Deals Guy on his podcast, Behind the Stays, to

Amazing ending. Never saw him back there. SURPRISE!

Summer travel is heating up! I joined the Skift podcast with Seth Borko & Sarah Kopit last week to discuss the latest short-term rental booking trends. skift.com/2024/07/05/sum…

At AirDNA, we learn a lot from others, so we compiled our list of favorite short-term rental podcasts (with some hotel ones snuck in). airdna.co/blog/best-str-… Is there anything that you love that we missed? Good Morning Hospitality, BiggerPockets, ShortTermRentalz, Boostly - Mark Simpson 🚀,

In the U.S., Airbnb's inventory used to be primarily in the urban core of major U.S. cities. Now, it's dramatically different.

Outdoor shower = Underrated vacation rental amenity

Question to any insurance experts: Is this just a question of who can and should be insuring against the risk of natural disasters (hosts vs. guests)? Vrbo in Major Reversal on Guest Refund Policies skift.com/2024/07/12/vrb… via @Skift & Dennis Schaal

At its peak, shared rooms on Airbnb in the U.S. were 2.2% of total reservations, while today, it is 0.1%. Looking back, I think I've only rented a shared room once on Airbnb, back in 2012.

Over the past year, 86% of Airbnb reviews earned a 5-star guest rating. Are guest expectations just too high for the more than 5 million hosts operating more than 8 million global listings on Airbnb? How do we appropriately set guest expectations in a sector with very little

AirDNA in the news this week: ✔️ - New York Times: nytimes.com/2024/08/30/tra… ✔️ - Wall St. Journal: wsj.com/lifestyle/trav… ✔️ - Skift: skift.com/2024/09/01/ban… & skift.com/2024/08/28/the… ✔️ - Reuters: reuters.com/markets/us/air… ✔️ - Nerdwallet: nerdwallet.com/article/travel…