Short-Term Rental Host Watch

Why this is recommended

A registration deadline missed is a delisting; a new occupancy tax or platform fee is a 3 to 15 percent revenue change. One caught ordinance in the host's city pays for years of membership.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The two million American hosts on Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com, most with one or two listings.

When it runs

City councils vote on weekday evenings and platforms announce fee changes mid-week, ahead of weekend bookings

Scope

Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Furnished Finder and Hipcamp; ordinances, bans, caps, license and registration deadlines in the 100 largest cities and popular vacation counties, named by city or state; state laws and tax collection; platform fees, payouts, cancellation, pricing, ranking and verification; host insurance; enforcement sweeps; safety rules; effects estimated for one to three listings

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

City and state short-term rental ordinances, license and registration deadlines, tax collection changes, platform fee, payout, cancellation and ranking changes, insurance and safety rule changes and enforcement sweeps, with the city or platform first in the title and the revenue effect for a host with one to three listings.

Track short-term rental hosting in the United States on Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Furnished Finder and Hipcamp. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: new or amended ordinances, bans, caps, license and registration deadlines in the 100 largest cities and popular vacation counties; state laws and tax collection changes; platform fee, payout timing, cancellation, pricing, ranking and verification changes; host insurance and guarantee changes; enforcement sweeps and fines; and safety rules such as smoke detector, camera or pool requirements. Prefer city and county sites, state legislatures, platform announcements and established local reporting; ignore host-course marketing and unverified forum posts. Put the city, state or platform first in the title and estimate the revenue effect for a host with one to three listings. Use high severity for a ban, a cap, a registration deadline within 30 days, or a platform fee increase. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, the revenue effect, what to do, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.