"Hopefully it looks smaller on the outside than it feels on the inside," I thought as I walked up to the front door of my home for the next two nights. In 2021, I took a trip to Miami and stayed in a 250-square-foot tiny home I found on Airbnb for about $100 a night. It was my first time staying in one, and I figured I'd find the space uncomfortably small for more than a couple of nights.
Every year, a sprinkling of countryside escapes decorates my calendar like pixie dust and-like so many Londoners -trips like these fill my soul, clear my mind, and leave me returning to 'real' life with a lambs-spring in my step. City life is fun, but it's fast and full-on. Retreating somewhere that promises blissful quiet and a clear night's sky, a watercolor sunrise, and best-of-British landscapes feels medicinal.
One of Airbnb's most underappreciated competitive advantages is how it has quietly become a home for long-term travelers. In 2024, stays of 28 nights or more made up 18% of gross nights booked, according to company filings. That's not a small niche -- it's nearly one in five stays. This trend aligns with broader shifts in how people work and live.
It's a widely held belief that the presence of plants and animals can have healing effects on the human psyche. Ask the Japanese, who engage the senses by means of forest bathing, or the Dutch, who hug cows as a form of therapy. Such is the draw of a bucolic farm stay, where you can wake up to sights of flower fields and horse herds without the responsibility of actually having to look after them.
As the housing crisis and wealth inequality emerge as top issues for voters in New York City, mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani has called for higher taxes on the rich to pay for services and famously suggested that billionaires should not exist. Mamdani's viral campaign handily defeated Andrew Cuomo, New York's former governor, in a Democratic primary earlier this year. As expected, billionaires and billionaire-owned companies such as Airbnb and DoorDash are now spending big to defeat Mamdani and influence the race.
Bristol thrives with culture - from its rich history and famous architecture to its foodie hubs, shopping spots and cider-sipping boltholes. Go for a long weekend of brunching and lunching, a romantic getaway, or brave it solo with our ultimate travel guide. Here we round up our favourite places to stay, including a Georgian apartment on the renowned Royal York Crescent and a lodge for two in ancient woodland.
"You need to be as close to the people doing the work as possible." "It's a concentric circle of like 40 or 50 people, and I treat them all as my directs." "I skip level, I co-hire them, and I make decisions on whether or not they're working out and leave the company." "Hire, fire, promote, and manage. I co-do it with my executives. It's a lot of work, but it's necessary."
Every year, my family takes a 14-hour road trip from our home base in Utah to a house in Netarts Bay, Oregon. Though it's just an Airbnb rental, it's become our home away from home. I stumbled upon it four years ago and loved that it faced the bay, had a beautiful wrap-around porch, and was the perfect size for our growing family.
Airbnb has apologised to a woman after an apartment host falsely claimed she had caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage and used images she says were digitally manipulated to back up his allegations.
Kọ Café, co-owned by Isreal Adeyanju, is a West African coffee shop in New Jersey, offering coffee, tea, sandwiches, and Nigerian meat pies.
As of July 1, 2025, several Bay Area cities will see significant minimum wage increases, with San Francisco’s rising to $19.18 and Sonoma County’s reaching $23.15.
Champions Point has always been a legendary estate. Now, we're making it possible for more people to experience that magic firsthand through our partnership with Airbnb Luxe.
