In a stark change from recent years, the market is saturated with summer getaway options and short-term rental properties. The weather is only one factor.
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Short-term rentals to be focus of new state housing commission
The legislative panel will collect data to see how much of a role short-term rentals play in the housing crunch. It also is expected to consider statewide regulation.
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Airbnb hides guest names from hosts to fight racial bias – but only for Oregon residents
The policy stems from a voluntary settlement agreement the short-term rental platform reached with three Oregon women in 2019.
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Hallowell officials mull rules for short-term rentals
A draft ordinance got the first of three readings on Monday, but some clarity on required fire safety measures are still needed from state officials.
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Airbnb joins vacation-rental sites seeing surge in summer demand
Vrbo is seeing similar trends as popular tourist states, including Maine, reopen.
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Cape Elizabeth resident returns to mysteriously clean house
Window blinds had been raised, sofa throws had been folded and bed sheets had been replaced with fresh linens.
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Airbnb bookings in Maine rise 45% this summer
The online home-sharing service Airbnb is continuing its rapid growth in Maine even as some communities rethink their regulatory approaches to short-term rentals like those offered by the company. The number of guests staying at private Maine properties hosted through Airbnb grew by 45 percent this summer, to 229,000 from 158,000 in the same period […]
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Maine gets $5.3 million as its cut of 284,500 Airbnb guest stays
Online lodging service Airbnb counted 4,500 host properties in Maine and 284,500 guest stays in 2017. But the largest number released by the vacation rental giant on Tuesday: $5.3 million paid in state sales tax in the past year. Airbnb reached an agreement with Maine on April 1, 2017, to start collecting lodging taxes on […]
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As Airbnb rentals skyrocket, Maine communities grapple with impact
Airbnb listings in Maine continued their rapid growth last year, as the online home-sharing service cements its foothold in the state’s hospitality market. About 282,000 people stayed in a Maine Airbnb in 2017, a 62 percent increase from the year before, according to new statistics provided to the Portland Press Herald. Airbnb hosts in Maine […]
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Maine rental listings on Airbnb are taking off
For her boyfriend’s 26th birthday on Thursday, Molly Brown booked a night in a luxury tent on a private island on Annabessacook Lake in Monmouth. “We were sitting on the couch and I was secretly looking at Airbnb listings,” said Brown, 29, talking on the phone from Big Island. “I booked it at 10:30 and […]