STR Unpacked
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STR Unpacked is a short-term rental industry podcast that reviews the key news stories of the week alongside an invited sector expert, providing commentary, insight and practical interpretation of how current developments are shaping the market.
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Enforce Or Don't Restrict
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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No Grandfathering
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Greece Will Pay You To Quit
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Get In Before The Door Shuts
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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March 2027. England Finally Has A Date
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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12.5% Fewer Listings. 12% More Guests.
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Airbnb Just Hired Booking's Homes Guy
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Exempt Doesn't Mean Excluded
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Airbnb Cut The Fee To 6%. Direct Isn't Free Either.
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Four Rules In Five Days
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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£1,400 A Property To Ignore
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Prove It Or It's Tourist
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Page One Now Costs $5 A Night
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Your Renewal, Not The Designation
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Nobody Discounted
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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One In Eight. Gone.
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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1x EBITDA
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Rates Up. Occupancy Down. RevPAR Up Anyway.
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Poland Missed The Deadline. Then Deleted The Clause.
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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The Eclipse Paid Out
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Mayors Next Year. Everyone By 2028.
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Bookings +75%. Rates +6%. Same Week, Same Country.
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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8.6 Million Euros, One Tax Nobody Collected
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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The Turn Happened In Spring
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Three Calls, One Message: Demand Is Accelerating
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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182 Days. The Number That Decides If You're A Business.
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Short Lets Were Booking's Fastest Growth. Now They're Its Slowest.
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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49% Said No. It Passed Anyway.
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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The Sun Goes Dark. Rates Go Up 289%.
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Copenhagen +246%. Czechia +18%. Spain Still Number One
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Brussels Is Building Cities A Legal Shield
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Twenty-One Per Cent, Postponed
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Your Neighbours Are Now A Regulator
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Airbnb Is Now Matching Data For The Government
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Glasgow's 10-Day Advert
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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The First Domino Falls in Edinburgh
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Shut Down by the Flat Downstairs
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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10 Days to Prove It
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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73% up
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Britain Is Booking Britain
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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5% From Next Friday
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Spain Pulled the Trigger. Rents Didn't Flinch.
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Vienna Just Raised Its Tourist Tax 56% Overnight
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Papel Mojado: The Week Spain's Rental Registry Collapsed
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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London's 21 Million Guest Nights And Why the Growth Isn't Where You Think
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Airbnb's New Revenue Stream Is Built on Your Calendar
The 15.5% Was Only Half the Story
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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The Licence That Dies With the Deed: Greece's Quiet Phase-Out
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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No Stadium, No Tickets, 430%
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Tax, Planning, Enforcement
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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The €6,000 Buffer
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Still Booking
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Voluntary to Vital: Where UK Short-Term Let Licensing Goes Next
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Why SCALE Gave AI Its Own Day
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Ten Blue Links Are Dead: What AI Really Means for How Guests Find You with Milena Nikolić Heywa Labs
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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+14%
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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The One to Be In the Room For
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The Events Capital With No Beds
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Porto Just Killed 1,413 Listings With a Missing PDF
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Up 13.6 percent!
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May 29, 2026 |
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Built From the Front Lines: The STR Software Forged in Switzerland and Bali
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May 28, 2026 |
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They Sold Us Plumbing. The Weapon Comes Next.
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May 28, 2026 |
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Don't Brace. Organise.
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May 27, 2026 |
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Spain Built It First. Its Own Court Just Killed It.
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May 26, 2026 |
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Airbnb Took Your Edge. The Balkans Gave It Back.
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May 22, 2026 |
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The Summer Release Isn't For You
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May 21, 2026 |
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One Law, 27 Systems
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May 19, 2026 |
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Who's the host? The €60,000 question.
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May 18, 2026 |
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Why DIY AI Is Failing Property Managers with Georgina Kennerknecht Biosca
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May 15, 2026 |
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Eurostat just published a stat that nobody's talking about.
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May 15, 2026 |
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The UK just made it official.
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May 14, 2026 |
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Every time a European city cracks down on short-term rentals, hotel revenues go up.
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May 13, 2026 |
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Paris just issued nearly €1M in illegal Airbnb fines.
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May 12, 2026 |
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A $250 million deal just closed in short-term rentals.
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May 11, 2026 |
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A bailiff walked into Booking.com's Amsterdam HQ this week.
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May 08, 2026 |
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Marcus Räder: The Road to Building a Unicorn
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May 07, 2026 |
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Live from Scale España: The Conversations That Matter in Spanish STR
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May 06, 2026 |
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The STR Story Nobody's Telling
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May 06, 2026 |
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Airbnb just told the European Commission to do its job.
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May 05, 2026 |
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Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia at all concerned.
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May 01, 2026 |
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Greece's 2026 booking pace is in.
And the headline isn't what you'd expect.
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Valencia just rewrote the playbook on holiday rentals.
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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22 days.
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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"I Never Meant to Be in This Industry" Scale Co-Founder Gianpaolo on Building a Movement by Accident
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Why SCALE España is the most important conference of the year if you're operating in the EU.
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Paris just fined one Airbnb operator €585,000.
For a single building.
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Andy Fenner is stepping down as CEO of the STAA.
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Section 4.2
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Airbnb just launched its most important PR campaign in history.
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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What is happening? The data never lies!
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Valencia just did something no other European city has done.
It didn't cap STR's by nights.
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Airbnb just announced $93 billion in US economic impact.
Strategic timing.
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Portugal just cancelled 40% of Lisbon's short-term rental permits.
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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England's short-let register was due this month. It's not here yet.
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The short-term rental industry is descending on London next week.
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Airbnb just published a report that reframes the entire European STR debate.
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Italy's short-term rental crackdown just entered a new phase.
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Barcelona's STR ban is still 2 years away.But the market is already moving.
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Paris city officials are knocking on doors in Montmartre.
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Greece is freezing Airbnb permits on its most famous islands and the map keeps getting bigger.
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Nearly 1 billion short-term rental nights booked across Europe in 2025.
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The STR industry gathers in London in three weeks. The timing is everything.
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Amsterdam just halved its Airbnb limit. Today.
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Paris is coming for your Airbnb. And the rest of Europe is watching.
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Spain just refused to let Airbnb dodge a €64 million fine.
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Barcelona isn’t waiting for 2028 enforcement is already defining the market today.
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Europe just flipped the switch on STR enforcement!
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Europe STR regulation is no longer “coming” it’s landing.
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Good news in Europe STR? Yes, if you’re playing it right.
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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This one could be BIG for European STR operators. 'EC -Inc'
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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The STR debate in Europe just took a turn
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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A different kind of “good news” in Europe STR today
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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“Most Hosts Get Direct Bookings Wrong! Here’s What Actually Works in 2026”
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Spain STR operators this is one to watch.
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Europe’s STR market is entering a distribution shift.
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Nice is tightening enforcement on short-term rentals
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Most European STR markets have always depended on one thing: summer. Is that changing?
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Norway is quietly introducing a new tool for cities to control tourism
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Europe’s short-term rental market is quietly professionalising.
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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The UK’s first tourist tax is officially coming.
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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🇮🇹 Italy is tightening the tax regime for hosts.
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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🇬🇷 Greece is tightening the screws on short-term rentals.
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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A new front is opening in the European STR debate, tourism resorts.
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Who Really Shapes the STR Industry? Inside TruVisionaries
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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HOTREC and EFFAT are actively pushing EU policymakers to tighten short-term rental regulation
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Is Spain’s STR market unstable? Not exactly.
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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🚨 Europe STR Bulletin Granada Leads Today 🚨
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Europe STR News , Barcelona Leads Today
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Spain is tightening reporting obligations under its national STR registry
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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🇬🇷 Greece Leads Europe’s STR Momentum into 2026
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Croatia moves to regulate STRs in high-pressure tourist zones.
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Short-term rentals are increasingly being linked to rising rents. But is that correct?
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Airbnb Testing Sponsored Listings? Here’s What We Know.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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UK Short-Term Let Regulation: It’s Coming, But It’s Not Done Yet
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Could regulation actually support STR pricing in Europe?
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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If you’re operating short-term rentals in the UK, you need to listen to this.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Strong demand especially in high-end segments but continued regulatory heat across major cities.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Southern Europe demand is holding despite the regulatory noise.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Airbnb just made a strategic leadership move in Europe and it’s not random.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Budapest has just become one of Europe’s clearest warning signs for short-term rental operators.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Europe’s short-term rental rules are shifting from local patchwork to coordinated EU action.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Regulation across Europe is tightening, but not in the way many operators expected.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Regulation in the short-term rental sector isn’t coming, it’s already here.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The new EU and UK short term rental regulation - How will it affect you?
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Feb 19, 2026 |