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End of “junk fees”: Airbnb displays the total price up front

The apartment rental platform will now display the final price, including fees and taxes, by default at the start of the booking process.

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 Airbnb: Fight like a gladiator in the colosseum.

Airbnb’s Colosseum Gladiator Experience draws outrage

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Not only in Barcelona: Madrid's move against the tourists

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Airbnb updates its policy on indoor security cameras


Mastering Vacation Rental Booking Sites: A Savvy Traveler's Guide

Unlock savvy tips for Vacation Rental Booking Sites to ensure a dream stay. Dive into our full guide for smart booking!

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The 21 Best Vacation Rental Booking Sites for 2023

Discover the ultimate vacation rentals! Our guide reveals top booking sites, insider tips & editor’s picks for a hassle-free getaway. #VacationRentalSecrets

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Shrek fans near and far, far away - Airbnb announces free Shrek Swamp getaway

Donkey is opening Shrek's doors for an exclusive two-night experience for up to three guests from October 27-29, 2023.

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Airbnb security lapse leaves SIM customers vulnerable to data breaches

On Airbnb, a user who enters and verifies a phone number will be automatically redirected to an existing account if the phone number has been registered with it.

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Florida nightmare: 2 women say they found hidden camera in Miami Airbnb

Troubling discovery: Two American women found a hidden camera in a Miami Airbnb bedroom. They shared the incident and police response over TikTok.

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How one man's Airbnb nightmare left him sleeping in a bathroom

A professor's vacation turned into a horror story when he discovered his Airbnb rental was nothing more than a bathroom with a bed in it.

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Airbnb launches positive series of articles about Israeli hosts

Sources in the Israeli tourism industry have explained that Airbnb was interested in getting back to business as usual in Israel after a debacle about delisting places in the West Bank.

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Israel says it will fight Booking.com over planned safety warning on West Bank listings

A senior Palestinian official welcomed the move, provided it applied to Jewish settlements only.

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Tel Aviv ranked 5th-best city for AirBnb owners, Jerusalem 10th

Of the top 10 cities ranked, five of them were in the US, two were in Japan, two were in Israel and one was in the UAE (Dubai).

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New Israeli housing plan to shutter Airbnbs, raise purchase tax

The plan focuses on three goals: investments in increasing the housing supply, structural changes to the market and short-term tactics to cool down demand and increase supply in the housing market

 INTERIOR MINISTER Ayelet Shaked, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and Construction and Housing Minister,  Ministerial Liaison to the Knesset, Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Ze'ev Elkin at a meeting discussing the Economic Arrangements Law, October 31, 2021

Airbnb to house 20,000 Afghan refugees globally for free

There is no set time limit for the program and information for how hosts can sign up to take in refugees would be released in a few days.

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