Before we get to our rundown of the very best knives for short-term rentals, let’s take a quick moment to understand why it’s so important to get this tricky detail exactly right. Sure, not everyone cooks when they’re on vacation but nearly everyone cuts something in the kitchen at some point during their stay. Stocking…
Vacation Rental Kitchen Essentials: Complete 2026 Checklist for Airbnb Hosts There’s nothing worse than paying full price to rent a high-end vacation rental home on Airbnb, and then discovering upon arrival that the kitchen is equipped like a Holiday Inn Express. In fact, The Kitchn revealed that travelers bring along all sorts of crazy kitchen…
While there’s no shortage of vacation rental tax deductions available in 2025, finding your way through the thicket of confusing regulations and guidance can be tricky. In this timely article, we break down the most significant opportunities the typical short-term rental property owner can pursue to reduce tax liability. For our purposes here, we’ll assume…
When it comes to tourism, Hawaii has always punched way above its weight class. Nearly 10 million tourists visited the islands in 2018, with nearly 80% of those visits accounted for between Oahu and Maui alone. That’s more than seven annual tourists for every permanent resident! It’s no wonder Oahu Airbnb laws are now some…
With coronavirus case counts rising steadily around the US, short term rental hosts are in for a rough few months. No one’s traveling due to quarantine restrictions and advance bookings have fallen off a cliff. Sadly, Airbnb seems intent on making things even worse for its own hosts. When the company decided to unilaterally grant…
We all read Hippos Go Berserk when we were kids. I still remember that one party animal dancing on the roof underneath the starry sky! No Airbnb host wants to live a real life version of that story. Always knowing exactly who and precisely how many “whos” are eating, sleeping, and otherwise living it up…
It doesn’t matter if you’re brand new to the vacation rental business or rapidly growing an empire-sized short term rental portfolio. Either way, you’ve got problems to solve and profits to bank. Here are our 99 favorite Airbnb tips, sourced from savvy vacation rental hosts and property managers around the country. Just don’t implement them…
The trusty RevPAR calculation is the gold standard in performance metrics used across the hotel industry. Use this handy RevPAR calculator to see how your Airbnb or other vacation rental property stacks up! Just input the number of nights your short term rental was available, not the actual number of nights rented, and your total…
With 50 states, 3,000 counties, and 35,000 cities and towns, America is a big place. There are probably new Airbnb laws popping up somewhere nearly every day. Things will settle down eventually, but until then, vacation rental hosts and owners will want to keep up with the general trend of new short term rental laws…
Here’s a simple and powerful Airbnb calculator to explore your potential income and investment performance. Model projected revenue, Airbnb occupancy, length of stay, and the net impact of cleaning revenue and costs for your vacation rental property. Add the Airbnb host fee if you like. Enjoy! Free Airbnb Calculator Unlike many online calculators, we never…