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Short-term Rentals News

EU Short-Term Rental Nights Rise 5.3% in Q2, but Spain and Portugal Lag Far Behind

Guest nights hit 258.8 million, yet Spain and Portugal grow at a fraction of Italy, Greece and Poland

Scale Team·Oct 9, 2026
Market & Performance

Global Rental Rates Track Supply, From Spain to the US

Shrinking Spanish supply lifts rates while US supply grows and RevPAR slips

Scale Team·Oct 8, 2026
Short-term Rentals News

UAE Short-Term Rental Occupancy Climbs as Supply Shrinks, Not Demand

Occupancy is up around 4% year over year, but the gain rests on a shrinking pool of listings and softer demand rather than a real rebound.

Scale Team·Sep 30, 2026
Distribution & Channels

Vrbo to Double Host Commissions and Slash Guest Fees to Compete With Airbnb

Most Vrbo hosts and managers move to 12% on October 29, PMS-connected accounts included, and the new Host Terms require your Vrbo rates to match or beat what you offer elsewhere.

Scale Team·Sep 30, 2026
Market & Performance

How a Warmer Europe Is Redrawing the Rental Season

A warmer Europe is cooling the Mediterranean summer and lifting spring, autumn and northern demand.

Scale Team·Sep 29, 2026
Market & Performance

Costing comes before pricing: why most Italian operators start from the wrong number

Dynamic pricing tools optimise the rate you give them. If that rate was never built on your real cost per stay, you are optimising a guess.

Social SCALE·Sep 18, 2026
Accommodation

Dubai's Short-Term Rental Revenue Soars 172% as Hotel Rates Push Guests to Holiday Homes

Short-term rental revenue jumped 172% year over year as hotel rates climbed across the emirate.

Scale Team·Sep 17, 2026
Business & Investment

The Hotelification of STR: The Collision of Vacation Rentals and Traditional Hospitality

How professionalization and design are erasing the line between vacation rentals and hotels

Gianpaolo Vairo·Aug 12, 2026
Short-term Rentals News

The 2026 Breaking Point: How Regulation, Taxes, and the Hotel Pushback are Reshaping Southern Europe's STR Market

Southern Europe's STR market faces historic squeeze from regulation, taxes, and hotel lobbying

Gianpaolo Vairo·Jul 30, 2026
Listing sites/OTAs

The 15.5% Reality: Navigating Airbnb's Mandatory Host-Only Fee

How the 15.5% host-only fee changes everything — and the math you need to survive it.

Gianpaolo Vairo·Jul 14, 2026