The data desk · 14 reference pages · 326 sources
The data desk
The figures short-term-rental news keeps returning to, kept in one place: what the platforms report, what they charge, the taxes and night limits cities set, how many homes are registered, and how occupancy and rates are measured. Every figure is taken from the company, government or researcher that published it, written as they wrote it and linked at the foot of the page. The desk adds no figures of its own.
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22 of the tables can be downloaded as CSV files; the link is under each table. They were compiled by Booked News and may be reused with credit and a link (CC BY 4.0). The figures themselves belong to the bodies that published them, named in each table's sources.
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Trackers
Series the desk follows from the companies and governments that publish them, updated when new figures come out.
Tracker · Occupancy46.8%Statewide vacation rental occupancy, August 2026Hawaii vacation rental performance from the state’s monthly reportOccupancy, average daily rate, supply and demand for Hawaii’s vacation rentals, statewide and by island, from the state’s monthly DBEDT report, with the state’s hotel figures beside them.Amara Osei · checked 2026-10-08
Tracker · Demand148.3 millionNights and Seats Booked, Q2 2026Airbnb by the numbersAirbnb’s own figures on nights booked, Gross Booking Value, revenue, profit, cash flow and listings, by year since 2019 and by quarter since 2024, with the definitions behind them.Leo Varga · checked 2026-10-08
Tracker · Demand951.6 millionGuest nights in EU short-term rentals booked via Airbnb, Booking and Expedia, 2025Nights booked through platforms in EuropeEurostat’s count of guest nights in short-term rentals booked through Airbnb, Booking and Expedia, by year, quarter, country and region, and how the figures are made.Amara Osei · checked 2026-10-08
Tracker · Supply9.1 millionBooking.com alternative accommodation listings, Q2 2026Booking.com alternative accommodations by the numbersBooking Holdings’ own figures for the homes, apartments and other alternative accommodations on Booking.com: listings, room-night growth, share of room nights and property counts, 2019 to 2026.Leo Varga · checked 2026-10-08
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Fees, taxes and rules
Tables of fees, taxes and rules, each row traced to the platform's or the authority's own page.
Reference · Fees15.5%Airbnb single service fee paid by most hosts, deducted from the payoutShort-term rental platform fees comparedWhat Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Hipcamp and Furnished Finder charge hosts and guests, from each platform’s own help, partner and newsroom pages, with the fee changes of 2025 and 2026 by date.Leo Varga · checked 2026-10-09
Reference · Fees$53,088Maximum civil penalty per violation cited by the FTC for its fees ruleTotal price rules for short-term rental feesThe federal and state rules that make short-term rental prices show the total with mandatory fees included, with effective dates, exclusions and penalties taken from the regulators’ own texts.Leo Varga · checked 2026-10-09
Reference · Supply3,338Active short-term rental registrations in New York City, 30 June 2026How many short-term rentals US cities have registeredOfficial counts of registered, licensed or permitted short-term rentals in nine US cities, from city reports and city open-data registers, with the date of each count.Sunita Rao · checked 2026-10-08
Reference · Rules & Money90 nightsGreater London’s limit per calendar year before short letting counts as a change of useNight caps on short-term rentals by cityThe official yearly limits on how many nights or days a home may be let short term, city by city, with who each limit covers, the law behind it and when it started.Ruth Okafor · checked 2026-10-09
Reference · Rules & Money15.95%Washington DC tax rate on rooms and lodgings for transients, extended through Sept. 30, 2027Short-term rental taxes in major US citiesThe taxes a guest pays on a short-term rental stay in major US markets, layer by layer, as published by state, county and city tax authorities, and where Airbnb collects them.Ruth Okafor · checked 2026-10-09
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How the numbers work
How the figures in short-term-rental news are defined, measured and produced, and where they mislead.
Explainer · Occupancy533 millionNights and Seats Booked on Airbnb in 2025Short-term rental data glossaryPlain definitions of the terms used in short-term rental figures, from ADR and occupancy to take rate and cap rate, each tied to the organisation whose definition it follows.Paul Ostrowski · checked 2026-10-09
Explainer · Supply0.018%Rise in rents for each 1% more Airbnb listings, US zip code at the median owner-occupancy rate (Barron, Kung and Proserpio)What research has measured about short-term rentals and housingHeadline estimates from peer-reviewed and working-paper studies of short-term rentals and rents, house prices, housing supply, hotels and regulation, as their authors state them.Sunita Rao · checked 2026-10-09
Explainer · Supply951.6 millionNights in EU short-stay rentals booked via Airbnb, Booking or Expedia in 2025 (Eurostat)Who measures short-term rentals and howThe analytics firms, platforms and public bodies behind short-term rental figures: how each collects its numbers, what each says it covers, and why their figures differ.Paul Ostrowski · checked 2026-10-09
Explainer · ReturnsFewer than 15 daysRental days in a year under which a home also used as a residence produces no reportable rental incomeUS federal tax rules for short-term rental incomeThe federal rules that decide whether short-term rental income is taxed, which schedule it goes on, how losses are treated, when platforms file Form 1099-K and how the property is depreciated.Callum Reid · checked 2026-10-08
Explainer · Rules & Money20 May 2026Date from which Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 appliesThe EU short-term rental data regulation explainedWhat Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 asks of hosts, platforms and governments, when it applies, what platforms report each month and what it leaves to national rules.Ruth Okafor · checked 2026-10-09