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December and holidays are fast approaching again. What are your tips for maximizing rental rates during the Christmas and New Years holiday? Also, how far in advance do you open up holiday dates i.e New Years, for bookings? Thank you! Latest reply by Branka-and-Silvia0

I came across a rental property recently that was on facebook. It had nice photos, and linked to airbnb. The host was running a contest and picked someone from their "comments" to give a weekend getaway to. Has anyone tried this, and with what success? ... Latest reply by Sheila187

Getting the Runaround from Airbnb Insurance Company: When charged with $8286 in damages caused by Airbnb guest, Airbnb insurance proves to be completely useless. I arrived home one evening to find that someone crashed their car through the front entry ga... Latest reply by Russ31

Why are some Host allowed to deceptively price their units with the low ball price during peak season? Is this not dishonesty? What do you think about this type of promotion being unfair to Host that are not deceptively advertising? Is honesty not the ... Latest reply by Lizzie

Hello, started to host in Prague. According to local rules all visitors in Czech republic should be registered. Can somebody advice me, how to register my guests at police? thank you. Latest reply by Kenneth12

I live in Washington, DC. I have been a licensed Airbnb Host for over 4 years. When I first sought a short-term housing business license, the DC government, literally, had no idea how to license me or even what Airbnb was. It took considerable short-ter... Latest reply by Chris--Along-With-Mark-a0

I'm considering listing our 1875 victorian as a "0 bed" rental for local people to rent out for small events like baby showers, birthday parties, ect. Does anyone else do this? The reason I'm considering going through AirBnB is because I cannot, for the l... Latest reply by Christine1229

I just wrote a post explaining New York's current and proposed law regarding Airbnb and short term rentals. Check it out and let me know what is happening in your neck of the woods. http://www.evelynbadia.com/blog/simple-guide-current-ny-laws-airbnb Latest reply by Jennifer--And-My-Brother0

Booking.com has recently started providing an iCAL calendar export link. However when attempting to import the iCAL Calendar into Airbnb calendar it gives an error:"The calendar address isn’t in ICAL format. Check the URL and try importing again." But if ... Latest reply by Alexey0

Happy New Year fellow hosts! I was wondering if anyone wanted to share some tips for getting listings to appear higher up in the search results. I don't mean getting more people to click on the listing when it appears, or more people to book, simply how... Latest reply by Kevin504