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A new listing has no reviews and no booking history, which is most of what Airbnb's search looks at. The new listing promotion is the fastest way out, and Airbnb's own numbers are bigger than most hosts expect.

Airbnb is moving every host to a single 15.5% service fee. EEA hosts have until 13 October to adjust. Do nothing and you earn about 13% less per night.

Airbnb is committing USD 250 million to building more homes. Here is what the Housing Accelerator contains, and why it changes nothing on your listing.

Two badges, two different systems. One judges you, the other judges the listing, and only one of them is something guests can search by.

Most rating problems are not a hospitality failure. They are two or three small things repeating across months of stays, and they are genuinely hard to see from the inside.

Airbnb lets you offer guests a discount in exchange for giving up their right to cancel. Here is how the option works, what it protects, and how to decide whether it belongs on your listing.

You don't need a professional photographer to get great listing photos. You need better light, a tidier room, and five minutes of planning before you pick up your phone. Here's the whole process.

How to read your Airbnb conversion rate, what good looks like against similar listings, and what to fix when guests view but do not book.

Airbnb is testing a new feature with a small group of hosts. Most hosts do not have it. Here is what it is, in plain terms, and what to do whether you are in the test or not.

Airbnb now lets hosts give 15% off to guests rated 4.8+ with 3+ reviews, in exchange for better ranking with those guests. Here is what the pilot data shows, how blackout dates let you protect peak nights, how the discount stacks, and why it looks like the first piece of an Airbnb loyalty program.

Turning Instant Book off feels like taking control. Across a portfolio it can quietly suppress the whole book. Here's what the setting actually does, when off is defensible, and how to keep control without paying for it in bookings.

Everyone wants to know which cities post the highest Airbnb occupancy, hoping for a number to aim at. The honest answer: a city average is an average of averages, and chasing it can point a good operator at exactly the wrong fix.

Adding Vrbo to your Airbnb listings looks like free demand. It is real demand, but almost nothing you built on Airbnb comes with you. Here's what transfers, what resets to zero, and why cloning the listing across is the expensive mistake.