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February 2022

2 stories · Platforms, The Money

February 2022 was a month of strong numbers and a sudden emergency. Airbnb reported a record fourth quarter on 15 February and said nightly rates would come in below 2021. Expedia's fourth-quarter revenue was still 17% below 2019, Evolve raised $100 million, and AirDNA counted more than 1.5 million U.S. listings for the first time. Councils in Burlington, Vermont, and Edinburgh moved to restrict short-term rentals. On the last day of the month, Airbnb.org offered free housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine.

A look back, written in October 2026 from sources published in February 2022. Stay Gazette opened in July 2026.

The towers of downtown San Francisco, with the tall rounded Salesforce Tower at the centre, rise above low houses in evening light, with hills across the bay behind.The Money · 15 February 2022Airbnb Posts a Record Fourth Quarter and Says Hosts Earned $34 Billion in 2021Airbnb's letter for the last quarter of 2021 showed $1.5 billion in revenue, a $154 average daily rate and 6 million active listings. It also said nightly rates in 2022 would come in below 2021.By Dana Whitfield · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read Glass office towers and pale concrete apartment blocks in central Warsaw rise above trees in autumn colour under a light cloudy sky.Platforms · 28 February 2022Airbnb.org Offers Free Housing for Up to 100,000 Refugees Fleeing UkraineAirbnb's nonprofit pledged free, short-term stays for people leaving Ukraine, and Airbnb's chief executive asked for homes in nearby countries, including Poland, Germany, Hungary and Romania. The cost and the length of stay were not disclosed.By Jesse Kohl · Filed 11 October 2026 · 6 min read

Pictures on this page. 1. Photo: San Francisco skyline from Twin Peaks 2021 by Dead.rabbit, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized). 2. Photo: Warszawa - panorama miasta jesienią 2021 by AlbertGórniak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

Also that month

What else was reported in February 2022

  • 10 February 2022Expedia Group, whose brands include Vrbo, reported fourth-quarter 2021 revenue of $2.3 billion, down 17% from the fourth quarter of 2019, and gross bookings of $17.5 billion, down 25%. Expedia Group (SEC filing)
  • 15 February 2022Evolve, a Denver vacation rental manager with more than 19,000 homes, raised $100 million from Durable Capital Partners, taking its total funding to $235 million. Built In Colorado
  • 23 February 2022The city council of Burlington, Vermont, voted 8-4 to ban short-term rentals outside a host's primary residence, with an exception for a unit in a building that also had long-term rentals accepting Section 8 housing vouchers. VTDigger
  • 23 February 2022Edinburgh's planning committee unanimously backed making the city a short-term let control area, under which letting a property the owner does not usually live in would need planning permission, subject to the Scottish Government's agreement. LBC
  • 24 February 2022AirDNA said 58,000 new short-term rentals were added in the U.S. in January 2022, taking total supply above 1.5 million for the first time, and that January occupancy reached a record 50.5%. AirDNA