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Airbnb guests leave host with huge £630 bill after turning on all taps and gas

The nightmare couple, who were on holiday from China, had booked the apartment in Seoul, South Korea for 25 days, but decided to leave after realising it was too far away from the city centre

Daily Mirror

Hobart council powerless as another rental becomes Airbnb, but there may be a solution

Zac Lewin and his housemates are the latest Hobart renters to face having their accommodation converted to an Airbnb. Sixteen objections to the landlord's application could not stop it.

ABC News

Couple take revenge on Airbnb host by leaving taps running and gas on for 25 days

More than 120,000 litres of water were wasted during the booking

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Inside UK's most popular AirBnb - and it's a quirky spaceship in the middle of nowhere

Architect Roderick James, 75, and his interior designer wife Amanda Markham designed and constructed the unique-looking AirShip 002 in 2018

Daily Mirror

Airbnb's CEO says a $40 cereal box changed the course of the multi-billion-dollar company

Airbnb's founders had trouble convincing early investors that people would want to stay with strangers. Then a $40 cereal box helped change their minds.

Fortune

Couple built cosy pod in just 10 days - now it's one of the UK's most popular Airbnbs

Interior designer Amanda Markham and her architect husband Roderick James built a home which was the most wish-listed Airbnb rental in the UK in 2020 and secures bookings over a year in advance

Daily Mirror

Couple take revenge on Airbnb host by leaving taps running and gas on for 25 days

More than 120,000 litres of water were wasted during the booking

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Edinburgh family living in Airbnbs while struggling to find permanent home

Gabita and her family have been forking out money from their savings on Airbnbs while desperately looking to rent a property in the capital after moving from Mexico weeks ago

Edinburgh Live

Sam Faiers begs for help with Airbnb 'scam case' on luxury Dubai holiday

TOWIE star Sam Faiers has asked her fans for a direct contact for Airbnb after she claims she's been 'scammed' after booking a villa with a 'Superhost with many 5 star reviews'

Daily Mirror

Rental crisis: Airbnb and holiday home owners urged to let out properties to long-term renters

Thousands of homes across Australia are listed on short-stay websites but councils’ call to action is ‘piecemeal approach’ to housing crisis, experts say

The Guardian - AU

Midlothian Airbnb owner loses appeal amid concern over 'rowdy' guests

Councillors expressed concern about the impact of holidaymakers staying in the flat in a residential area adding they would not want to live next to it

Edinburgh Live

Brits could face paying more on Madrid holidays as city considers new tourist tax

Madrid may soon introduce a charge for every day a visitor stays in a hotel or Airbnb in the city, as places including Barcelona and the Balearic Islands already have in place

Daily Mirror

Michael Pascoe: Tweaks won’t fix housing crisis while half of Australia suffers

Nothing demonstrates the myopia of Australian political leadership better than the way the housing crisis apparently happened overnight.

The New Daily

Tougher controls on short-term holiday lets welcomed in Northumberland

There are more than 1,000 properties registered as short-term lets in the Northumberland Coast AONB

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The Independent UK

What the new holiday-let rules mean for you as government plans crackdown

Converting homes into short-term holiday lets would require planning permission under plans

The Week

No place in the sun: is this the end for holiday home owners?

Short-term holiday lets could require a permit under new government plans to ease pressure on the housing market and help local residents afford homes.

Daily Mirror

People who let out homes to holidaymakers could need planning permission soon

The Government is weighing up the move amid fears people are being pushed out of tourist hotspots by people using their homes on sites such as Airbnb

Wales Online

Plan to change rules on holiday lets to stop tourists pushing out locals

The rules would only apply in England

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The Independent UK

Airbnb hosts to need planning permission to turn homes into short-term holiday lets

Plans aim to stop residents being ‘pushed out of cherished towns’

The Guardian - UK

Holiday homes in England to need planning permission under new plans

Airbnb says it would welcome register for short-term lets in tourist hotspots but warns ‘balance must be struck’

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: If Anthony Albanese was serious about the rental crisis, he would do this

If Anthony Albanese was serious about dealing with the 2023 rental crisis, he would resuscitate Kevin Rudd’s NRAS.

Wales Online

Airbnb named top booking site by people having an affair

"We started using Airbnb's about three months into our relationship. It feels much more authentic, real, and feels like a real relationship"

Insider UK

Airbnb denies buying Scottish property tech firm

The Edinburgh-based business claimed the deal was underway in a statement yesterday

Daily Mirror

Derelict morgue abandoned for 20 years could be made into 'spooky' Airbnb

A former mortuary that has been left to decay for some 20 years is now on the market for £55,000, and it's believed it could well become a 'spooky-themed' Airbnb

Insider UK

Scottish property tech firm acquired by Airbnb

Deal done to help US unicorn handle the government's new legislation on short-term lets

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