Rent tips

A village on the Italian island of Sardinia has launched a scheme to entice remote workers to live there.

The next big solar eclipse is just a month away, and car rental company Turo wants to help travelers see it in style. 

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Dave Claunch, the owner of the Bloomhouse rental property in Austin, Texas. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Editor's note: TPG founder Brian Kelly is a Bilt adviser and investor. This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers.

A housing shortage, rising home prices and prohibitive interest rates are putting a spanner, or a wrench, in the housing market. But, as a result, the ease of renting over home-ownership is making developers of build-to-rent projects an ally to the short-term rental industry. 

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Sumitomo Corporation are set to trial ‘Any Wear, Anywhere’, a new clothes sharing service.

Living the RV life seems so adventurous, carefree, and all-American.

You order everything else on Amazon, so why not add a rental car into your shopping cart? If you use your Amazon log-in to rent a car with Avis, you’ll save up to 30 percent off of base rates, plus get up to 20 percent of the rental price back in the form of an Amazon gift card.

If seeing the seven wonders of the world is on your bucket list, then group-travel operator, Contiki, wants to help you achieve this dream by paying your rent while you do it. With the company’s new Jordan trip, it now has itineraries to all of the “new” Seven Wonders of the World. To get the savings, book each of Contiki’s trips to the seven wonders (these are individual trips that visit the Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, Christ the Redeemer, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, Petra, and the Colosseum) and then prove your rent amount with your rental agreement. Contiki is offering a savings of up to $2,840, the national average of rent for two months.

Japan Airlines wants to take the guesswork out of packing with a new clothing rental service for international travelers.