Airbnb's Rising Prices: Ditch or Travel Smarter

Booking an Airbnb used to feel like beating the system. You got a deal, stayed somewhere cool and skipped the big hotels. Now Airbnb have changed the rules and hosts are having to raise their prices to keep up. And worse, bad actors have flood the market, giving the proper professional hosts a bad name. So is it time to ditch short term rentals altogether or is there a smarter way to travel? Let's get into it. Third, and this is a big one. Book direct whenever you can. Most people don't realize it, but loads of properties listed on Airbnb have their own websites. Know this because for the past 10 years I've coached over 2,000 hosts and property owners and managers, published two best selling books that have sold over 150,000 copies. And last year alone we generated over $100 million in direct bookings for our clients.