Residences

Airbnb teases launch ‘beyond accommodation’ in 2025

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

21 November 2024

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.

20 November 2024

Culture news

Colosseum controversy: Airbnb and 'Gladiator II' team up

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

16 November 2024

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.

30 October 2024

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...

26 October 2024

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”.

21 October 2024

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.

19 October 2024

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.

15 October 2024

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.

2 October 2024

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.

16 September 2024

Travel News

How Bruges is tackling its overtourism problem

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

4 September 2024

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.

12 August 2024

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.

2 August 2024

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.

31 July 2024

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.

22 July 2024

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.

16 July 2024

Moments

‘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.

14 July 2024

Business

France moves to tighten up Airbnb rules amid row over short-term lets

The deregulation of the tourist rental market is not just a French concern. Other countries have been considering the matter for some years.

24 May 2024

Europe News

Estonia blocks plan to put VAT on Airbnb, Uber-style online platforms

The Baltic nation wielded a veto over laws intended to modernise tax for the digital economy.

14 May 2024

Europe News

Estonia threatens to block Airbnb tax-hike plan

The Baltic nation could veto long-discussed plans to charge VAT on online accommodation rentals and taxi rides.

13 May 2024