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EU Decoded

EU DECODED: Taxing online platforms - fair game for VAT?

Online platforms for short-term rentals and transportation services, such as Airbnb and Uber, will have to charge VAT from 2030 at the latest, as the EU recently approved new rules for online services.

Travel News

Italy bans self check-in and key boxes on Airbnb properties

Guests staying in rental accommodation in Italy, like Airbnb or Booking properties, must now be met in person by owners.

Travel News

Paris joins Barcelona in Airbnb crackdown: Will it mean less crowds?

Paris is one of the most popular places in Europe to rent an Airbnb, with 95,000 rentals available.

Stays

Airbnb teases launch ‘beyond accommodation’ in 2025

The holiday letting giant is rethinking its strategy by refining properties on offer and introducing new experiences.

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Travel News

Barcelona may not be allowed to ban Airbnbs under EU law

Catalonia has said they want to rid Barcelona of its 10,000 holiday lets in the next 5 years.

Culture news

Colosseum controversy: Airbnb and 'Gladiator II' team up

A criticized Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome's Colosseum...

Europe News

EU to hike VAT on Airbnb, Uber after Estonia drops veto

The Baltic nation had repeatedly blocked an attempt to impose up to 25% value-added tax on online platforms offering short-term rentals and ridesharing.

Culture news

Fancy a stay at the ghost house from ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’?

Airbnb’s new ‘Beetlejuice’ mansion lets movie fans experience a trip in the iconic haunted house – with a (welcome?) detour to the Afterlife...

Travel News

Second French city sets up ‘Airbnb brigade’ targeting owners

Mayor Benoît Payan says he wants to stop holiday rental owners from “wanting to make money off the people of Marseille”.

Culture news

Bear-y angry: Primrose Hill residents protest Paddington Airbnb

Primrose Hill residents in London are frustrated as Airbnb plans a Paddington Bear-themed experience, fearing it will attract more tourists and influencers to their iconic street.

Travel News

Bar crawls banned in Europe's party capital

This city is targeting rowdy tourists with a bar crawl ban, costume crackdowns and Airbnb restrictions.

Lifestyle

Here's how you can stay in Prince's Purple Rain house for just €6

Airbnb is offering fans a chance to stay in the iconic Purple Rain house, fully renovated and filled with Prince memorabilia, for a unique $7 (€6) experience.

Economy

Budapest district joins other cities in Airbnb-style rental rebellion

Residents in one of the most popular parts of Hungary's capital, Budapest, have joined other European cities in voting to call time on short-term rentals.

Travel News

How Bruges is tackling its overtourism problem

Bruges is combatting tourist overcrowding with an Airbnb crackdown and cruise ship caps.

Travel News

Mallorca locals take to the beach to protest against overtourism

They say their quality of life is worse since mass tourism has hit the island.

Business

Valencia joins Barcelona with licensing plans to halt over-tourism

Other southern European tourist destinations protesting at too many tourists and too expensive local rentals include Lisbon, Venice and Barcelona.

Business

Paris tourism takes a plunge despite excitement of Olympics 2024

Questions are being asked, such as whether visitors were warned to avoid the city during the Olympics, or whether the skyrocketing accommodation prices and events have discouraged every day tourists.

Travel News

Barcelona tourists say they still feel welcome in the city

The city's mayor has vowed to rid the Catalan capital of its 10,000 tourist apartment licences in the next five years.

Travel News

Poo-smeared lockboxes found at tourist apartments in Seville

Anti-tourism protesters in Spain are reportedly resorting to novel techniques to deter visitors.

Experiences

‘I felt unsafe’: Locals welcome Spain’s crackdown on holiday rentals

Spain is finding innovative ways to cut down on tourist apartments, even banning them completely in some places.