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Why Knowing How Much to Charge for Airbnb Listings in Your Market is Essential Pricing your property based on several factors delivers the most advantageous Airbnb pricing strategy. Hosts and PMs who utilize a dynamic Airbnb pricing tool to optimize their pricing...
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It may seem strange to some, but post-pandemic is an excellent time to pursue an Airbnb investment. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, interest rates are at their lowest, making property ownership more attainable for more people across more geographies....
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Dialing In Airbnb Prices: A Flexible, Dynamic Pricing Strategy is a Successful Strategy If 2020 revealed anything to short-term rental hosts, it’s that the most successful Airbnb pricing strategy is one that remained flexible. Major markets like New York, Los Angeles,...
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Elevated Amenities Make Your Property Pop. Airbnb Decor Doesn’t. With around six million listings, Airbnb guests now have more options than ever when it comes to booking unique stays — and finding a space that includes the best Airbnb amenities for their needs....
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So far, 2020 has dealt a considerable blow to the vacation rental industry. Cancellations, refund requests, barren reservation calendars — it’s a reality unlike any we’ve seen in the industry’s history. Of course, short-term rentals haven’t been the only...
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Since the 2009 recession, homeownership in the United States has, for many, felt more like a pipe dream than any feasible part of the American dream. A 2019 report from ATTOM Data Solutions has confirmed that this sentiment is no longer a hunch — it’s written in...
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Europe Sees Massive 15-Point Surge to Finish 2019 To better explain the gravity of this year-end boost to the European vacation rental market, consider this: throughout the past four years of tracking millions of rental properties in Europe — only twice have we...
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In February of 2018, Airbnb took a huge step in doubling down on the professionalization of vacation rentals. With short-term stays no longer a fringe alternative and travelers’ tastes (and demands) changing rapidly, the home-sharing platform responded big with Airbnb...
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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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The European 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...
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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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A Crowded Market: Recognizing the Need for Smart Airbnb Analytics Over the last decade, Airbnb analytics show that vacation rentals have skyrocketed from a far-fetched booking alternative to a sector that is now growing nearly twice as fast as traditional hotels. The...
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The United States AirDNA Index The United States’ short-term rental industry has officially entered its shoulder season. Whereas revenues remained strong throughout the late-summer push, September saw the onset of fall and an abrupt snap back to reality. Occupancy...
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UPDATED: The world’s most accurate Airbnb pricing tool has become even more powerful.Find out how Smart Rates has changed the game when it comes to optimizing your short-term rental pricing strategy. It can be hard to let go. Especially when it comes to...
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VRM Intel Data and Revenue Management ConferenceSmarter Pricing with Human and Artificial IntelligenceIn this presentation, AirDNA CRO Tom Caton speaks on how savvy VRMs should rely on a mix of human expertise and artificial intelligence to fully optimize their...
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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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UPDATE, March 2021: The most powerful Airbnb dynamic pricing tool is now live. Find out how it works — and how much you could be making. Ready to take your revenue management strategies to the next level? AirDNA’s new Airbnb dynamic pricing tool is here! Plus,...
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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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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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TTRA MELBOURNEAn Update on Australia’s Holiday Rental MarketEarlier this year, we released an in-depth analysis of Australia’s holiday rental industry. Since then, the country has seen a year-over-year increase in supply, demand, occupancy, and overall revenue...
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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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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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Short-Term Rental Hosts in Madrid Have Their Eyes Off the Ball As vacation rental hosts in the Spanish capital vastly overcharge for the dates of the Champions League final, they are leaving money on the table and fans without a place to stay. Football fans hoping to...
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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. How...
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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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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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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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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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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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Update! Check out our latest report on Airbnb UK and Europe: the Top Markets for Hidden Holiday Lets in 2021 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....
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Note: In December 2019 AirDNA updated MarketMinder to reflect HomeAway’s branding pivot to “Vrbo.” The data and methodology for sourcing our data have not changed and remains as accurate as ever. Just a heads up for when logging into MarketMinder,...
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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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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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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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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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Super Bowl LIII is just days away, and if you’ve been reading any of the articles about Airbnb Super Bowl listings in Atlanta, you would be led to believe hosts are making thousands of dollars per night from football fans who are flooding the town this weekend. A...
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The biggest day-to-day decision any host or property manager needs to make on a regular basis is what are the optimal daily rates for their rental properties. This is often a daunting task that relies heavily on intuition and historical occupancy with little insight...
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Read our updated post on the Best Places to Invest in Vacation Rentals in 2020+2021 here. 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...
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RevPAR FormulaIn hotel reporting, RevPAR is Revenue Per Available Room and is calculated by multiplying the Average Daily Rate (ADR) by the occupancy rate. For Airbnb and HomeAway listings in MarketMinder, RevPAR is the Revenue Per Available Rental and is calculated...
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AIRDNA The Airbnb Expert’s Playbook The Airbnb Expert’s Playbook provides a detailed, step-by-step guide to starting, running, optimizing, and growing your short-term vacation rental business. Download the report. Name* First Last Company Name*Email*...
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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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How to Calculate ADRADR 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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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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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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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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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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VISITBERLIN How is lodging inventory changing in the German market? AirDNA’s custom reporting for DMOs has helped VisitBerlin better understand lodging in their market, and seamlessly combine short-term rental data with hotel-specific STR...
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GUESTABLE Find out how Guestable increased their rental revenue by 20%! AirDNA’s MarketMinder has enabled Guestable to successfully expand into new markets and achieve 90th percentile returns, all without sacrificing the quality of their optimization...
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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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Airbnb launched their Superhost program in 2016 to reward their most devoted hosts with a special VIP status. Beyond just a feather in the cap, They stated that hosts who achieved Airbnb Superhost status would reap benefits such as improved search placement, better...
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Airbnb launched its Business Travel Ready program to lure professional travelers away from hotels in 2015. Initially, the program had its skeptics. Would business travelers be willing to ditch their loyalty programs, change their booking habits, and adopt a radically...
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AirDNA is excited to announce the launch of MarketMinder, a breakthrough competitive intelligence and vacation rental analytics tool built to empower both beginners and seasoned Airbnb entrepreneurs worldwide with the data to make smarter decisions. As one of the...
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Here at AirDNA, we spend about 1% of our time writing blog posts and about 99% of our time working on the accuracy of our data. So when Airbnb publicly release numbers, we sit up; take notice; and compare our data to see how accurate it is. The results show we can...
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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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I wrote The Airbnb Expert’s Playbook after running several highly successful Airbnb properties, I wanted to share my findings with other vacation rental entrepreneurs. Four years later and AirDNA is now the leading provider of short-term rental data and...
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Airbnb recently released some long overdue calendar enhancements that very few hosts are taking advantage of. Did you know you can set different minimum night stays for peak seasons, or only receive reservation requests for days in the next 6 months? While providing...
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Summer is here and Airbnb hosts around the world are scrambling to set the perfect pricing to maximize their revenue during this high-season. Just in time for the summer rush, Airbnb launched a new Pricing Tips tool to help hosts better understand the travel demand in...
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