by Dillon DuBois | Dec 6, 2019 | Homepage, Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
Over a decade after Airbnb’s inception in 2008, it’s become patently clear that short-term vacation rentals can be extremely lucrative. There are, of course, many locations where managing a vacation rental makes little sense, and still other places where marginal...
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by Dillon DuBois | Dec 4, 2019 | Homepage, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, State of the Industry, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Vacation Rental Hosts
The EU AirDNA Index Our team at AirDNA is proud to announce the inaugural European AirDNA Index. Much like the S&P 500 provides insights into the stock market, we set out to develop a resource that tracks the monthly performance of the European vacation rental...
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by Dillon DuBois | Nov 27, 2019 | Homepage, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, State of the Industry, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Vacation Rental Hosts
The United States AirDNA IndexAs the vacation rental market settles into its offseason, data from this month’s AirDNA Index echoes a familiar theme: fall months mean either stagnant or falling revenues. Historically speaking, the transition from September to October...
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by Dillon DuBois | Nov 21, 2019 | MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry
When it comes to Mexico vacation rentals, 2019 rental data proves one theme has become glaringly clear: it’s not all about ocean views and beachside margaritas. The United States’ southern neighbor now receives more tourists than ever, and off-the-beaten-path travel...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Jul 24, 2019 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Homepage, Just Starting Out, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, MarketMinder API, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Vacation Rental Hosts
In May 2019, Airbnb extended its reach into one of the world’s fastest-growing populations when it launched an Arabic version of its website. Although Airbnb’s main intention was to expand its presence across the Middle East and Northern Africa, the impact may have...
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by Leslie James | Jul 12, 2019 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, Real Estate Investors, Regulation, Scaling Enterprise, Tourism Boards and DMOs
INSTITUTO MUNICIPAL DE TURISMO DEL AYUNTAMIENTO DE CÓRDOBALa Regulación de la Vivienda Turística en la Ciudad de CórdobaEstudio sobre el dimensionamiento de la oferta de vivienda con fines turisticos existente en la ciudad de Córdoba, propuesta de medidas de...
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by Leslie James | Jul 11, 2019 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELDThe next niche in multifamily – short-term rentals.Multifamily has become an increasingly diversified sector – with niche asset classes such as student housing, senior housing, coliving and micro-units garnering major investor interest....
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by Caitlyn Milton | Jul 8, 2019 | Data Partners, Homepage, Investment Explorer, Partners, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise
DENVER, CO – Monday, 8 July 2019 – World-leading vacation rental market intelligence firm AirDNA is pleased to announce its participation in Inman Connect 2019. AirDNA will be exhibiting at the conference’s Property Pavilion, supporting agents and brokers with the...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Jun 27, 2019 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Data Partners, Homepage, Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, MarketMinder API, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Vacation Rental Hosts
Although the division between “traditional” and “alternative” lodging might be clear to consumers, the lines are becoming less clear behind the scenes. In 2018, Airbnb represented 5.5% of total U.S. lodging demand. That might not sound like much, but it represents a...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Jun 3, 2019 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Data Partners, Homepage, Just Starting Out, Market Spotlight, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry, Vacation Rental Hosts
Vietnam was recently named the third fastest-growing tourism destination in the world by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, after recording a 29% increase in visitors year-over-year. Vietnam is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula, sharing...
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by Mark Saldana | May 8, 2019 | Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional
What Is Seasonality? Short-term rental seasonality is the cyclical variance in traveler demand throughout the year that’s unique to each vacation rental market. For example, ski towns experience high demand every winter and relatively low demand every summer....
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by Caitlyn Milton | Apr 26, 2019 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Data Partners, Homepage, Investment Explorer, Just Starting Out, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder API, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Regulation, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Uncategorized
2M Here. 6M There. It’s easy to get swept up in the frenzy of numbers being released from vacation rental listing giants like Airbnb and Booking. Just last week, they shared new listing count figures that show Airbnb coming out on top, giving them additional momentum...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Apr 26, 2019 | Academics, Data Partners, Homepage, Investment Explorer, Just Starting Out, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, MarketMinder API, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Vacation Rental Hosts
Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe. With the rise of disruptive vacation rental listing platforms, many are considering a channel management strategy and asking, “which listing platforms are right for me?” The way most hosts or vacation rental managers answer this question is...
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by Mark Saldana | Apr 18, 2019 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
What Is Rental Arbitrage? Rental arbitrage is the act of renting a property long-term and then re-renting it on a short-term basis on Airbnb, HomeAway, or other vacation rental platforms. If you’re a short-term rental host or vacation rental manager, you’ve likely...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Apr 3, 2019 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Data Partners, Just Starting Out, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, MarketMinder API, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Regulation, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Uncategorized, Vacation Rental Hosts
Analyzing data of any kind on a macro level can be dizzying. At AirDNA, we analyze a heaping 1 billion new data points on the global short-term holiday rental industry every day. We’re always on the lookout for fresh ways to use and present it for the thousands of...
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by Mark Saldana | Mar 29, 2019 | Market Spotlight, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
HomeAway vs Airbnb Which markets see the most overlap on these platforms? In competitive markets, hosts and vacation rental managers often list their properties on more than one platform. In this data set, you’ll find historical data for the top 100 markets...
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by Mark Saldana | Mar 12, 2019 | Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
In the past few years, short-term rentals have taken off worldwide, with both traditional resort markets and urban areas becoming hot spots for investment. While we’ve traditionally focused on the best places to buy a vacation rental property in the U.S., if you...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Mar 12, 2019 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Just Starting Out, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Uncategorized, Vacation Rental Hosts
March 2019 marked a huge milestone for AirDNA. We increased our total tracked vacation rental listings by 21%, thanks to the addition of over 1,500,000 HomeAway listings—which includes listings on Vrbo and sites in the HomeAway family. Through hundreds of data...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Mar 7, 2019 | Academics, Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Uncategorized, Vacation Rental Hosts
Welcome to MarketMinder! This is your beginner’s guide to unleashing the power of the world’s most comprehensive vacation rental data. MarketMinder features over twenty-five metrics, such as the number of rentals, listing growth, and property sizes. Property-level and...
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by Scott Shatford | Mar 4, 2019 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Homepage, Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
After an extended backpacking trip opened my eyes to the untapped revenue potential of Airbnb, I realized that Airbnb hosts needed better data to identify market opportunities and optimize the performance of their short-term rental listings. We launched AirDNA in 2015...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Feb 25, 2019 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, MarketMinder API, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
Most Airbnb hosts select a cancellation policy based on their own level of comfort and risk tolerance, not as a strategic part of overall revenue optimization. But just as other ancillary settings like minimum night stay are becoming actively managed, maybe there’s...
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by Leslie James | Feb 4, 2019 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, State of the Industry, Vacation Rental Hosts
BNB GUEST CONFERENCE IN ATHENS Vacation Rental Market Spotlight: Athens, Greece AirDNA CRO Tom Caton dives into the data to break down market saturation, emerging neighborhoods for investment, professionalization of the vacation rental space, and competitive analysis...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Feb 1, 2019 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, MarketMinder API, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
Understanding the pace in which guests are booking short-term rentals is a critical part of any host or property manager’s pricing strategy. Whether it’s gearing up for normal annual seasonality, a major annual event, or a special one-time city-wide celebration,...
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by Mark Saldana | Jan 20, 2019 | Homepage, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Regulation, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
If you want to expand your vacation rental portfolio — or even purchase your very first property — knowing the best places to buy vacation rental property is the first step to growing your business. Not all short-term rental markets are created equal, and there can...
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by Leslie James | Dec 10, 2018 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, Vacation Rental Hosts
PASS THE KEYS AirDNA Data is Key to Customer Satisfaction and Scaling a VRM into New Rental Markets! Pass the Keys is growing rapidly in the U.K., and has relied on AirDNA data to improve the accuracy of their property forecasts, target new rental markets for...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Nov 26, 2018 | Academics, MarketMinder, MarketMinder API, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
How to Calculate ADR ADR or Average Daily Rate is calculated by dividing the total revenue earned by the host for the entire reservation by the number of booked nights. As part of our ongoing series exploring short-term vacation rental metrics, this blog post takes a...
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by Caitlyn Milton | Nov 26, 2018 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, MarketMinder API, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
What is Occupancy Rate? Occupancy rate for a short-term vacation rental is the number of booked nights divided by the sum of the available nights and booked nights. Whether you’re new to short-term vacation rentals or an industry pro, it’s important to understand the...
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by Leslie James | Nov 2, 2018 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Data Partners, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors
VRMA PRESENTATION Anecdotes and Fake News: Using Data to Effectively Communicate In Regulatory Debates At VRMA International Conference in Las Vegas, AirDNA used Airbnb and HomeAway data in the U.S. to understand vacation rental regulations and unpack some of the...
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by Leslie James | Nov 1, 2018 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, State of the Industry, Vacation Rental Hosts
Hopefully by now you’ve seen some aspect of our new brand – friendly colors, a streamlined logo, or an easier-to-navigate website – via our educational emails or at our VRMA presentation in Vegas earlier this week (slides can be found here, for all of you...
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by Leslie James | Oct 24, 2018 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, Tourism Boards and DMOs
COLLIERS Predicting the Impact of Airbnb in a Market is Easy with AirDNA! When Colliers needed detailed insights into traveler behavior and to understand the impact of Airbnb in the hotel space, they turned to AirDNA. Now they can answer the question, “What is...
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by Leslie James | Oct 24, 2018 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise
HOSTMAKER Find out how to judge future performance and optimize short-term rental pricing! Hostmaker is using AirDNA’s Forward Data Feed and raw Property Performance Data to power their business intelligence tools and develop their own methodology to optimize...
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by Leslie James | Oct 17, 2018 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, Tourism Boards and DMOs
HVS The impacts on the New York City lodging market and economy. HVS looked at the total reservations, room nights, and revenue from AirDNA for the period of September 2014 through August 2015 to understand the impact of New York Airbnb rentals. Download the...
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by Leslie James | Oct 17, 2018 | Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Vacation Rental Hosts
Colliers The top neighborhoods and comparable hotel metrics. More than 736,000 overnight stays were booked via Amsterdam Airbnb listings in 2015 – almost 9% of total demand in the city. Download the report. Name* First Last Company Name*Email* Phone** I...
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by Leslie James | Oct 17, 2018 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, Tourism Boards and DMOs
CBRE The sharing economy checks in. CBRE Hotels’ Americas Research compiled select information from STR, Inc. and AirDNA for hundreds of U.S. markets to assess the relevancy of this sharing platform to the traditional hotel industry, and generate an analysis of...
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by Leslie James | Oct 17, 2018 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Regulation, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Vacation Rental Hosts
CBRE A Comprehensive National Review of Airbnb Growth Including a Spotlight on 13 U.S. Markets This Airbnb growth analysis covers the U.S. and highlights data for 13 cities utilizing two years of AirDNA data for the period of October 2014 through September 2016. The...
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by Leslie James | Oct 17, 2018 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, Partners, Real Estate Investors, Regulation, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, Tourism Boards and DMOs
Bank of America | Merrill Lynch Deep Dive into Airbnb Airbnb 1) is a small but material amount of hotel industry supply and demand 2) is growing rapidly, 3) has more listings internationally than domestically, 4) overindexes to top 10 and 25 hotel markets, in terms of...
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by Leslie James | Oct 17, 2018 | Academics, Custom Vacation Rental Data and Reports, Market Spotlight, Partners, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Regulation, Savvy Professional, Scaling Enterprise, Tourism Boards and DMOs
CBRE A fresh look at the growing popularity of Airbnb short-term rentals. This report from CBRE, using AirDNA data, dives into the increase in traveler awareness of short-term rentals, where the impact on hotel performance can be seen, and the increase in professional...
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by Leslie James | Oct 15, 2018 | Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Vacation Rental Hosts
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by Leslie James | Oct 15, 2018 | Just Starting Out, MarketMinder, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional, Vacation Rental Hosts
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by Leslie James | Aug 30, 2018 | Homepage, Investment Explorer, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Real Estate Investors, Scaling Enterprise
As Airbnb and private accommodations have become a firm fixture in the worlds of travel and hospitality, increasing numbers of investors are taking advantage of opportunities presented by the vacation rental real estate market. AirDNA tracks the daily performance of...
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by Scott Shatford | Dec 22, 2017 | Investment Explorer, Market Spotlight, MarketMinder, Real Estate Investors, Scaling Enterprise
Want to see the best places to buy a vacation rental property? View 2018 Analysis AirDNA released the first data-driven analysis of the best cities to buy a vacation rental property in 2015. Since then, that article has been a resource for over half a million aspiring...
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by Scott Shatford | Mar 27, 2017 | Investment Explorer, Real Estate Investors, Scaling Enterprise
Airbnb offers fantastic opportunities for people looking to invest in real estate. With over 150 million guests making trips to 65,000 cities around the world, investing in Airbnb rentals is quickly becoming a new asset class for savvy investors. AirDNA has spent the...
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by Scott Shatford | Sep 6, 2016 | Investment Explorer, MarketMinder, Real Estate Investors, Savvy Professional
See how AirDNA’s tools can help deliver incredible returns on Airbnb investing, with our top-to-bottom guide to picking out 39% IRR / 31% cash-on-cash return investments. Airbnb investing is delivering great returns across the world. A whole new asset class is...
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by Scott Shatford | Jun 16, 2016 | Investment Explorer, Market Spotlight, Real Estate Investors, Scaling Enterprise
Customer: David Malka, Better Vacations Solution: AirDNA helps Better Vacations identify the top performing market and confidently make short-term rental investments Results: Better Vacations was able to test new markets and view accurate occupancy rates and annual...
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by Scott Shatford | May 27, 2016 | Investment Explorer, Property Managers, Real Estate Investors, Scaling Enterprise, Vacation Rental Hosts
Savvy real estate investors have realized the massive opportunity that Airbnb has created for investment in short-term rental properties. According to the National Association of Realtors, 1.13 million people bought a home in the U.S. last year with the intention of...
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by Scott Shatford | Mar 22, 2016 | Just Starting Out, Market Spotlight, Real Estate Investors, Tourism Boards and DMOs, Vacation Rental Hosts
It’s never been easier to embark on a career as a vacation rental manager. You don’t need to create a website, set up a payment system, or pay for marketing. Platforms like Airbnb take care of these things for you. As the barriers to entry have come down, people from...
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by Scott Shatford | Aug 11, 2015 | Investment Explorer, Real Estate Investors, Scaling Enterprise
Want to see the best places to buy an Airbnb vacation rental? Check out our more recent blog posts from 2017 and 2018. View 2018 Analysis A huge number of folks write to us wanting to know the best places in the U.S. to invest in an Airbnb property. In this article,...
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by Scott Shatford | Jun 26, 2015 | Just Starting Out, Real Estate Investors, Vacation Rental Hosts
New management companies are emerging to assist the more than 1,000,000 new Airbnb hosts looking to improve the performance of their short-term rentals. Traditional vacation property managers have struggled to keep pace with the rapidly evolving industry. Property...
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