Rental Scale-Up by PriceLabs

TL;DR: Six weeks before FIFA World Cup 2026, short-term rental demand in US host cities is showing strain. Bookings remain above last year, but new pickup has slowed to 1–2% per week despite flat or shrinking supply, pointing to demand friction rather than oversupply. High prices, flight disruptions, costly stadium transit, visa and border concerns, and weaker international conv...

TL;DR: Booking Holdings weathered a shaky quarter, posting 6% room‑night growth, 15% higher gross bookings and 19% higher EBITDA despite a geopolitically driven drop in cross‑border travel. Alternative accommodations still represented about 38% of room nights, and listings climbed 9% to 8.8 million. With Middle‑East tensions disrupting transit corridors and jet‑fuel costs spikin...

TL;DR NYC's Office of Special Enforcement now estimates 27% of approved short-term rental listings are operating outside Local Law 18's rules, up from 20% ten months ago. The gap is widening despite more inspections, more warning letters, and a $5 million lawsuit filed in April. The reason is structural. LL18 verifies registration at intake and stops there. California's SB 346 a...

TL;DR: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's budget proposal pairs two Airbnb-backed short-term rental provisions ahead of the LA28 Olympics: a temporary program allowing second-home rentals through December 31, 2028, and Airbnb pre-payment of transient occupancy tax. An Orange County judge on April 20 voided Santa Ana's 2024 short-term rental ban for skipping the environmental review ...

TL;DR: Graham Donoghue moderated the OTA panel at Short Stay Summit 2026 with James Cassidy (Vrbo), Matina Keramida (Booking.com), and Jordi Suarez Cambra (Airbnb). Panels like this are heavily scripted, and I say that as someone who worked at Booking in a past life, so I know the reasons.