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March 2022

2 stories · Crackdown, Platforms

March 2022 was the month the war in Ukraine reached the trade. Airbnb suspended its business in Russia and Belarus, waived its fees in Ukraine and saw guests book 434,000 nights there to send money to hosts, then canceled some of those bookings and stopped new hosts from listing. In the United States, Atlanta's license requirement took effect on 1 March and San Diego's cap on whole-home rentals won the California Coastal Commission's approval. Two of the trade's data companies, AirDNA and Transparent, changed hands.

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

Glass and stone office towers of Midtown Atlanta rise under a clear blue sky behind a line of trees, with the dark roofs of a low apartment complex and a parking deck in the foreground.Crackdown · 1 March 2022Atlanta Starts Requiring a License for Short-Term RentalsAtlanta's license rule for short-term rentals took effect on 1 March 2022: $150 a year, two properties at most, one of them the operator's own home. Fines were due to start on 1 April 2022.By Marcus Dane · Filed 11 October 2026 · 6 min read A wide view over the low rooftops of central Kyiv in evening light, with a white Ferris wheel on Kontraktova Square in the middle, a pale blue bell tower to its right and residential towers on the horizon.Platforms · 4 March 2022Airbnb Waives Its Fees in Ukraine as Guests Book Stays They Will Not UseBy 12 March 2022 guests had booked 434,000 nights in Ukraine to send money to hosts. Airbnb waived its fees, then canceled some of the bookings and stopped new hosts from listing.By Jesse Kohl · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read

Pictures on this page. 1. Photo: View of the midtown Atlanta skyline from Freedom Parkway above the Eastside Trail by Marc Merlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized). 2. Photo: Kontractova square, Kyiv, Ukraine by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

Also that month

What else was reported in March 2022

  • 4 March 2022Airbnb said on 4 March 2022 that it was suspending its operations in Russia and Belarus, blocking host calendars in both countries from new bookings until further notice and stopping users there from making new reservations as guests. Airbnb Newsroom
  • 4 March 2022Interfax-Ukraine reported on 4 March 2022 that the head of Ukraine's State Tourism Development Agency, Maryana Oleskiv, had said Expedia, Booking.com and Airbnb had ceased cooperation with Russia and Belarus. Interfax-Ukraine
  • 10 March 2022NBC 7 San Diego reported on 10 March 2022 that the California Coastal Commission had voted unanimously to approve San Diego's plan to cap whole-home rentals available for more than 20 days a year at 1% of the city's more than 540,000 housing units, with a 30% cap in Mission Beach and licenses awarded by lottery. NBC 7 San Diego
  • 10 March 2022OTA Insight said it had completed its acquisition of Transparent, the Madrid company that tracks data on more than 35 million listings, Short Term Rentalz reported on 10 March 2022. Terms were not disclosed. Short Term Rentalz
  • 14 March 2022AirDNA, the short-term rental data company founded in 2014, announced that it had been acquired by the private equity firm Alpine Investors, Short Term Rentalz reported on 14 March 2022. Terms were not disclosed, and Scott Shatford stayed on as chief executive. Short Term Rentalz
  • 31 March 2022Minut, the Swedish maker of noise and occupancy sensors for rental properties, closed a $14 million Series B funding round led by Almaz Capital, Short Term Rentalz reported on 31 March 2022. Short Term Rentalz