Delta Air Lines is growing its North American network with the addition of a route-map pin.
11.10.2023 - 03:59 / skift.com / Dennis Schaal
The Craiglist listing for a “charming 1-bedroom” in New York City’s East Village captured the moment, calling the short-term rental an “Airbnb alternative.”
Under the city’s host registration requirements that kicked into gear September 5, platforms such as Airbnb, Expedia/Vrbo and Booking.com were to remove listings that violated the rules or face stiff fines.
The East Village listing seems in violation because the host would need to be registered with the city and must be present for reservations of fewer than 30 days.
And yet: “This listing is my actual home that I rent when travelling and all are welcome to stay!” the host wrote on Craigslist. “I take pride in offering a clean comfortable place for my guests.”
An article in Wired this week characterized New York City’s Airbnb ban as “pure chaos.”
With fewer than 500 hosts now registered out of the 22,000 listings on Airbnb last summer, according to Wired, hosts are going underground.
“Short Term Rentals aren’t going away, they are now just happening underground in an unsafe and uncontrolled environment for both hosts and guests,” said Lisa Grossman, a spokesperson for RHOAR (Restore Homeowner Autonomy & Rights). “Craigslist, Facebook etc. So much for NYC touting that LL18 (Local Law 18) would make things ‘safer’ for visitors.”
Here are a few takeaways:
Delta Air Lines is growing its North American network with the addition of a route-map pin.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour made headlines even before it began — by overwhelming booking platform Ticketmaster and drawing attention even from the U.S. Senate.
Delta Air Lines is making some changes to its New York City network.
We attended the Short-Term Rentalz Summit last week in London, a chance to hear the perspective of industry experts from across Europe.
JetBlue is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to ban KLM from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the event JetBlue can no longer fly out of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) due to the Dutch airport's proposed efforts to reduce flight capacity.
A New York City building owner filed a legal motion Monday asking that Airbnb and a host show why they should not be held in contempt of court for allegedly violating a temporary restraining order related to a short-term rental listing.
The pandemic can be blamed for a lot of things, but one positive outcome are some of the changes in the way we now travel. One growing trend – as a result of having been grounded for so long, no doubt – is the fact that many of us want to travel deeper and stay longer in a given destination. Dubbed ‘slow travel’, this way of traveling allows us to get under the skin of a place and connect properly with a locale. Not only does this benefit local communities, as travelers tap into small businesses and local tour companies, but it also has an abundantly positive effect on travelers, who come away feeling enriched and enlightened by their authentic experiences.
A friend invited me to New York City for her 50th birthday in May 2019.
The implementation of New York City’s host registration law last month has enabled one landlord to win a temporary restraining order against both Airbnb and a host from listing a short-term rental in an Upper West Side apartment building that put itself on the Office of Special Enforcement’s banned building list.
Airbnb is launching a housing research program and to hear its first senior housing economist tell it, one goal is to clear up civic “misunderstandings” about the housing market and Airbnb’s role in it.
New York City always felt like a temporary home.
The answer to the question “Which is doing better – hotels or short-term rentals?” is “depends on whom you ask and when.”