Airbnb
17 People Who Walked Into Their Airbnb And Almost Immediately Wanted To Walk Back Out
Their stay was $37 a night for two nights. How did they end up with a $300 bill?
Alexa Lisitza
Two Teenagers Were Killed In A Shooting At A Party At An Airbnb
It was one of several mass shooting incidents that rocked the US over the holiday weekend.
Julia Reinstein
A Picturesque Cabin In The Woods Was Listed On Airbnb. The Catch? No COVID-Vaccinated Guests Allowed.
Airbnb told BuzzFeed News the listing for the cabin in Montana violated its COVID misinformation policies.
David Mack
Airbnb Has Canceled All Reservations In DC During Inauguration
“We are continuing our work to ensure hate group members are not part of the Airbnb community.”
Katie Notopoulos
Airbnb Said It Would Give Full Refunds For Coronavirus Cancellations. Vrbo Told Renters To Take A Hike.
The home-sharing platform is siding with its hosts over renters — which consumers may not forget.
Alex Kantrowitz
Airbnb Said It’s Banning "Party Houses" After The Halloween Party Shooting That Killed Five People
Cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky said the company will have systems to flag "high-risk reservations" as well as form a "'party house rapid response team."
Tanya Chen
Five People Were Shot And Killed At A Halloween Party At An Airbnb Rental
The person who rented the Airbnb for the party told the host they needed the house for relatives who have asthma to escape the fire in Northern California.
Otillia Steadman
Opinion: My Palestinian Family's Land Was Stolen. Then It Showed Up On Airbnb.
My children and I should be able to farm our land like my father did. Instead, Israeli settlers run a bed and breakfast on it.
Ziad Alwan
Airbnb Wanted Travelers To Stay In Homes. Now It's Buying HotelTonight.
Airbnb's acquisition of the hotel-booking app could make it more attractive to investors ahead of a public offering.
Pranav Dixit
A Judge Blocked A New Law On Airbnb In New York City From Going Into Effect Next Month
A new rule requiring Airbnb hosts in New York to disclose rental information to the city is being blocked until litigation over the ordinance is resolved.
Venessa Wong
Here's Why Airbnbs Cost More Than You Think — And What Airbnb Is Doing About It
People are still mad about cleaning fees that can double the cost of renting a room.
Caroline O'Donovan
Jewish Israeli Airbnb Hosts Sue, Claiming The Company Violated Their Civil Rights
Airbnb announced it would remove properties in Jewish settlements in the West Bank earlier this month.
Caroline O'Donovan
Airbnb Just Deactivated Listings In Israeli Settlements In The West Bank And Israel Says Hosts Should Sue
After years of protest, Airbnb is pulling out of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and Israel’s tourism minister is encouraging hosts to sue.
Caroline O'Donovan
Hotel And City Representatives From Around The World Are Meeting To Discuss The Airbnb Problem
On Monday, the first international meeting of hotel representatives and city officials will be held in New York to discuss ways to regulate Airbnb and other platforms.
Venessa Wong
Square, Airbnb, And eBay Just Said They Would End Forced Arbitration For Sexual Harassment Claims
Tesla and Netflix declined to comment. Slack said it was "undertaking a careful review" of its policies.
Davey Alba
This Woman's Experience As An Airbnb Host Turned Into A Complete Nightmare
The guest sent her harassing text messages and showed up at her door after she kicked him out.
Lauren Strapagiel
Airbnb Canceled A Competition To Win A Sleepover At The Great Wall Of China
Airbnb scrapped a competition to stay at the Great Wall after being accused on Chinese social media of being careless with a national treasure.
Megha Rajagopalan
Airbnb Just Revealed It Will Give Hosts' Information To The Chinese Government Without Notice
In an email seen by BuzzFeed News, Airbnb told hosts it had to comply with local laws.
Matthew Champion
Trump's Childhood Home Is On Airbnb And, True To Form, It's Full Of Pictures Of Him
"In this bedroom, President Donald J. Trump was likely conceived..."
Brianna Sacks
Airbnb Is Deactivating Accounts Of People Trying To Attend A White Supremacist Rally
The rally is set to take place in a Virginia park where earlier this year white supremacists gathered with torches to protest the removal of a Confederate statue.
Michelle Broder Van Dyke
Airbnb, Uber, And Ola Are Considering Using India’s Creepy National ID Database
Using the system would let the companies easily validate the identities of drivers and users. But experts say that the system isn’t foolproof, and has serious privacy risks.
Pranav Dixit
Corporate Landlords Signed Up To List Thousands Of Apartments On Airbnb
The property owners have signed up to list 4,000 apartments through a new platform enabling "short-term rental services for an entire building."
Venessa Wong
Airbnb's Mega Hosts Are Turning It Into Just Another Travel Booking Site
With hundreds of listings and major corporate backers, a new breed of Airbnb host is changing the fundamentals of the service.
Venessa Wong
Airbnb Apologizes For Teepee Ad That Native Americans Said Was Racist
Airbnb posts on Facebook and Instagram advertised a "true Sioux" experience, surrounded by "succulents, epic sunsets, and peacocks," in a teepee in Joshua Tree, California, which is not home to any Sioux tribes.
Nidhi Subbaraman
Airbnb Just Settled Its Lawsuit Against San Francisco
Airbnb agreed to build technology that will automatically register new hosts with the city when they sign up, as well as to deactivate existing hosts who don't comply.
Caroline O'Donovan
Airbnb Is Working On A Device That Could Solve An Annoying Travel Problem
Airbnb is working on a concept for a “beam modem” device that could someday help travelers without Internet access or cell service navigate the unconnected world, according to a new patent filed this week.
Caroline O'Donovan
Airbnb Will Cooperate With Regulators Looking To Root Out Racists
Airbnb has agreed to report some instances of race-based discrimination to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which will independently investigate hosts.
Caroline O'Donovan
Here’s How Hackers Used Airbnb To Rob Hosts’ Homes
The company has already introduced new security measures to prevent this kind of hack from happening again.
Caroline O'Donovan
Twitter, Airbnb, Reddit, And LinkedIn Back Apple In Court Fight
Sixteen Silicon Valley heavyweights signed onto an amicus brief in support of Apple, calling the U.S. government's demands unbounded “by any legal limits.”
Hamza Shaban
A N.Y. Comic Came Home To Find His Airbnb Renters Hosting A "XXX Freak Fest"
"In his defense, I did not specify the no orgy policy in the Airbnb house rules," he said.
Rachel Zarrell
