August 2021
On 24 August 2021 Airbnb and Airbnb.org said Airbnb.org would provide temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees, and two days later hosts were told how to offer free or discounted stays. In Spain, Barcelona said on 4 August that it would keep its ban on renting rooms to tourists as Catalonia's shared-home rules took effect. Around those two stories, Airbnb reported its second-quarter results with a warning about the Delta variant, and AirDNA reported record July occupancy in US short-term rentals.
A look back, written in October 2026 from sources published in August 2021. Stay Gazette opened in July 2026.
World · 4 August 2021Barcelona Keeps Tourist Room Ban as Catalonia's Shared-Home Rules Take EffectBarcelona City Council said on 4 August 2021 that it would go on refusing licenses for rooms rented to tourists for 31 days or less. Two days later the year Catalonia gave town halls to write their own rules ran out, and Airbnb said new shared-home hosts in Catalonia would have to show a registration number.By Tomás Ferreira · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read
Platforms · 24 August 2021Airbnb Pledges Temporary Stays for 20,000 Afghan Refugees and Asks Hosts to HelpAirbnb and the nonprofit Airbnb.org said on 24 August 2021 that Airbnb.org would provide temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees, funded by the company, its chief executive and donors. Two days later Airbnb told hosts how to offer free or discounted stays.By Jesse Kohl · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read
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What else was reported in August 2021
- 12 August 2021Airbnb reported second-quarter revenue of $1.34 billion on 12 August 2021, said it expected the third quarter to deliver its strongest quarterly revenue on record and warned that it expected volatility from the Delta variant of Covid; its shares fell more than 4% after the report, CNBC reported. CNBC
- 17 August 2021Airbnb said on 17 August 2021 that guests without a history of positive reviews would be prohibited from making one-night reservations in entire home listings in the US and Canada over the Halloween weekend, and that it would apply more stringent restrictions to some two-night reservations as Halloween approached. Airbnb Newsroom
- 9 August 2021Airbnb said on 9 August 2021 that The Hague had become the fourth large Dutch city to introduce a registration requirement for vacation rentals, on 2 August, and that listings in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam and The Hague showing no registration number or exemption would be removed after a six-month information period set by law. Airbnb Newsroom (post in Dutch)
- 9 August 2021Vacasa purchased Meyer Vacation Rentals and Meyer Services from SH Enterprises, a deal VRM Intel reported on 9 August 2021 as doubling Vacasa's short-term rental footprint along the Alabama Gulf Coast; Vacasa said it was acquiring 980 units at Meyer. VRM Intel
- 13 August 2021VTrips, a Florida-based vacation rental management company, announced a minority equity investment from the private investment firm Hudson Hill Capital and said it expected to deploy over $250 million in the near term to acquire vacation rental management companies, ShortTermRentalz reported on 13 August 2021. ShortTermRentalz
- 19 August 2021AirDNA said US short-term rental occupancy reached an all-time record high of 74.9 percent in July 2021, with 10.6 percent fewer listings available than in the summer of 2019, ShortTermRentalz reported on 19 August 2021, adding that new bookings had slowed as Covid-19 cases ticked up. ShortTermRentalz