Airbnb hosts ACT NOW

23 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this short, high‑energy vlog Mark Simpson warns Airbnb and short‑term‑rental hosts that recent policy shifts at Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com create a narrow window of opportunity that ends on 20 November. He references a recent webinar he hosted, which attracted over 300 participants and presented five actionable tactics for hosts to continue succeeding despite the OTA upheaval. The video notes the massive viewer response (≈250 000 views in two days) and offers the webinar recording to anyone who comments the word “sugar,” promising to DM the link. Simpson emphasizes the urgency to watch the recording, implement the advice, and avoid being caught out by the upcoming deadline. He also mentions he is currently at Manchester Airport en route to Barcelona for Scale Fest, indicating his ongoing involvement in the broader short‑term‑rental community.

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Over the last 2 days, I've been documenting everything that's been going on at Airbnb, and the response has been insane. A quarter of a million views in 2 days. What they're doing and what they've done, combined with the Vrbo stuff from a couple of weeks ago and the Booking.com stuff, is showing me that it's affecting a lot of you. We hosted a webinar last night where we showed you 5 ways that you can still win with all of this Airbnb and OTA madness going on. We had over 300 people turn up. The conversation was amazing. And there's lots of takeaways to come out. So if you want a copy of that recording, I can't send it to you here, but if you comment the word sugar below, S-U-G-A-R, then I'll DM you all of the information where you can watch it. Now, my worry is that so many of you are going to get caught out in all of this, and you have until the 20th of November. So comment the word sugar, I'll send you the link. Carve out an hour of your life to watch it, but most importantly, take action. I am at the moment at Manchester Airport. I'm traveling to Barcelona for Scale Fest. It's going to be a great weekend. The conversation is going to be obviously about these OTAs, but I will reply to you as soon as I can. So comment the word sugar. I'll send it all over to you now.