Posts Tagged ‘
Airbnb ’
Jun 15th, 2020 |
By The Editor
From the travel industry has come a raft of press releases suggesting that as soon as we are allowed we will be heading off on holidays.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Is there a pent-up holiday demand?
Tags: Airbnb, lastminute.com, summer holidays 20020
Aug 1st, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel gives you the low-down on what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: August 2019
Tags: Airbnb, Arizona, Bolivia, Chernobyl, Colorado, Highlands, India, Liberty Island, Singapore, Singapore Airport, Singapore Changri, Taj Mahal, Thomas Cook
May 22nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
Destinations have been tightening up on how long you can you can rent a property as well as introducing safety and maintenance measures.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Home lets get tougher
Tags: Airbnb, short-term lets
May 6th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Up until now Airbnb hasn’t had much competition. There have been some small rivals but now a big – indeed huge – player has announced that they will move into this market.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Airbnb gets a rival
Tags: Airbnb, homestays, Marriott
Feb 11th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Once Airbnb was a way for home owners to make some extra cash by renting out their unused rooms. Now it is developing its own accommodation. Is it planning something else?
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What plans for Airbnb?
Tags: Airbnb, travel packages
Jul 18th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Why is it that it took the EU so long to realise that Airbnb was not conforming to the law since the rest of the travel industry was brought into line many years ago?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Airbnb should be more transparent
Tags: Airbnb, EU, transparent pricing
Jun 8th, 2018 |
By The Editor
If you have booked via Airbnb for accommodation in Japan, check to see that the accommodation is still available.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Airbnb, Japan, minpaku, The Japan Times
May 12th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
It seems that many popular destinations are fighting back against tourism obesity – an over supply of tourists. Valencia, Madrid, Brussels, Rome are joining Venice, Palma de Mallorca, Florence and Barcelona to name just a few in trying to restrict tourist movements,
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 12th May 2018
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Airbnb, Brussels, Cathay Pacific, Dublin, Edinburgh, Emirates, Hawaii, Israel, Mt Kilaue, Ohio, Rome, SeaWorld Orlando, taking children out of school in term time, USA, valencia, Vaults
May 5th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Star Wars, Kew Gardens and the busiest air route in the world caught Adrian’s attetion this bank holiday weekend along with a cheeky Airbnb offer to manage American government travel accommodation.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 5th May 2018
Tags: Airbnb, Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2018, bank holiday weekend, Brand USA, Cardiff, Castlewellan Arboretum and Annesley Garden, Cat Friend, Cathay Pacific, Deloittes, Doha, Dublin, Heathrow, holiday spend, Jeju, Kew Gardens, Mallorca, OAG, Peter Cushing, Qatar Airways, Seoul, Star Wars, Valerie Bisbal
May 3rd, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Given the crackdown by governments around the world on how much time private flat owners can rent out their properties via Airbnb or some similar booking site, it could be that the hometel launch is accurately timed.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Will Airbnb become passé?
Tags: Airbnb, hometel, hotel vs private accommodation, Room 2, Southampton
Apr 24th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Palma on the island of Mallorca, and a very popular destination for British holidaymakers, is to ban flat owners from renting their apartments to travellers as from July 1st,
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Politicians and the “Airbnb model.”
Tags: "Airbnb model", Airbnb, banning flat rentals to tourists, Majorca Daily Bulletin, Mallorca, Palma
Oct 29th, 2017 |
By The Editor
The Irish government has introduced new rules saying that if a householder wants to short-term let their property then they have to get planning permission first.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Short-term holiday lets in Ireland
Tags: Airbnb, Eoghan Murphy TD, Ireland, short-term holiday lets
Oct 18th, 2017 |
By The Editor
Airbnb has signed a deal with a property developer for Airbnb branded sites. Is it now becomein a property developer? Or a quasi-hotelier?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Is Airbnb changing?
Tags: Airbnb, Newgard, sharing economy
Aug 16th, 2017 |
By The Editor
It took hoteliers decades to become as big as they have become. It has taken Airbnb less than ten years to achieve this success.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on The biggest “hotel” chain in the world
Tags: accommodation providers, Airbnb, hotel chains
Jun 17th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
In the week that roaming charges ended in EU countries, Adrian also wonders if APD in Northern Ireland might end soon.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: June 17th 2017
Tags: Airbnb, APD, Barcelona, DUP, easyjet, Fars, Festival of the Sea, Florida, Great Valencia Fair 2017, Iran, Isle of Wight, Luton Airport, Mallorca, roaming charges., Shiraz, Suffolk, travel sickness scams, Tunisia, valencia, VAT on tourism services
Jun 6th, 2017 |
By The Editor
To suggest that householders are discriminating whether it be blatantly or unintentionally is galling and insulting to the vast majority of people who place their accommodation for others to rent.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on It ain’t necessarily so
Tags: Airbnb, Rutgers University
May 25th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Renting isn’t always as simple as it seems
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on The things you need to know if you are renting out your home for the summer
Tags: Airbnb, Brexit, Harrow, Harrow School, Harry Potter, Liverpool, London, onefinestay, The Beatles, The Holiday, UK, Windmu
Apr 29th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
A museum of ice-cream, another about Dr Seuss, Bexit, being a gin ambassador and new flights to Russia attract Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: April 29th 2017
Tags: Airbnb, Dubai, gin ambassador, Greek ferry services, Grozny, GuestToGuest, IATA, India, Lake District, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Museum of Ice Cream, National Express, Nizhny Novgorod, Pegasus, Responsible travel, Robin Walker MP, Samara, Shimla, Springfield -MA, TAP, The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss, The Isle of Harris Distillery, USA, Volgograd, zoos
Mar 5th, 2017 |
By The Editor
t is pretty obvious that governments around the world, not just the UK one, are trying to adjust traditional and long-established tax systems to an entirely new type of business- that of a sharing economy.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Airbnb may lead to capital gains tax
Tags: Airbnb, Lady Gardner of Parkes, shared economy, taxation implications of holiday lets
Feb 27th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Following the criticism of Airbnb on this site last week, Kaye Holland flocks to the online marketplace and hospitality service’s defence
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on In defence of Airbnb
Tags: Airbnb, apartment, Harrow, Harrow on the Hill, Hostels, Hotels, local, onefinestay, San Francisco, Travel, travelling, Windmu
Feb 22nd, 2017 |
By The Editor
Local government and tourism organisation are trying to decide how to live and exploiy Airbnb without damaging the tradition tourist economy accommodation providers.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Airbnb and the future of tourist accommodation
Tags: Airbnb, Barcelona, Caribbean Tourism Organisation, New York
Feb 14th, 2017 |
By The Editor
There was an increase of 4.1% in British visitors to the Caribbean last year.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on The success of Caribbean tourism
Tags: Airbnb, Canada, Caribbean, Caribbean Tourism Organisation, Germany, UK, USA
Nov 19th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
A listed fort, toilets, supersonic flights, high-speed rail between Singapore and Malaysia, APD and Christmas Markets are on Adrian’s radar screen this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 19th November 2016
Tags: Air Passenger Duty, Airbnb, APD, Arundel Castle, Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions, Barbados, Chau Point, eco-tourism, Germany, Historic Environment Scotland, Jungfrau region, Kaikora, Malaysia, Museum of the University of St Andrews, New Lanark World Heritage Site, New Zealand, public toilets, Real Mary Kings Close, Sabah, Singapore, supersonic flight, switzerland, Thorne Island, Wonders of Nature exhibition
Sep 30th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world for October
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Airbnb, Anfield, Barcelona, Barking, Barking Riverside, Brexit, British Airways, Chile, Dagenham, Greece, hot, Jeddah, Jet2, Liverpool, local, London, Marylebone, Middle East, Santiago, Saudi Arabia, Travel, Willie Walsh, Zetter
Sep 20th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Georgina Wilson-Powell, travel editor at Good Things magazine shares her travel highs and lows with Just About Travel readers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Georgina Wilson-Powell, travel editor
Tags: Airbnb, Argentina, Brexit, California, Colombia, cycling, Faroe Islands, holiday, Iceland, islands, Japan, Norway, Palm Springs, Peru, South America, Sri Lanka, Suffolk, UK, Wales
Sep 6th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Hawaii is always celebrating but with the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor on the horizon, Oahu has extra special reason to sing and dance – as JAT journo, Kaye Holland, discovers
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Paradise found: part two
Tags: Airbnb, America, Hawaii, Honolulu, Mad Men, Mai Tai, North Shore, Oahu, Obama, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, shaved ice, Trader Vic's
Aug 30th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Tom Hall, editorial director at Lonely Planet – the world’s largest travel guide book publisher – on Italy, Iran and why the Western Isles of Scotland should feature on any travel itinerary
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Airbnb, Alabama, Bath, Bulgaria, cycling, Edinburgh, family travel, Georgia, Iran, Isfahan, Istanbul, Italy, London, Lonely Planet, Mashad, Northumberland, oxford, Porto, Portugal, Rome, Shiraz, Stonehenge, Stornoway, Tennessee, Tom Hall, Travel, Tuscany, Uber, UK, Umbria, Wales, York, Yorkshire Dales
Aug 25th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
What type of traveller are you – budget, eco-conscious, luxury, adventurer? Try our quiz to discover your true wandering spirit.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Airbnb, backpack, bag, island, journey, Lonely Planet, Packing, plane, suitcase, sun, Travel, traveller