April 2022
April 2022 was a month of rules being redrawn. Honolulu's council passed, and its mayor signed, a 90-day minimum stay for rentals outside Oahu's resort zones. Airbnb said it would end its Covid-19 refund coverage for bookings made from 31 May and hand the decision back to each host's cancellation policy. Around them, the trade's companies kept buying and raising money.
A look back, written in October 2026 from sources published in April 2022. Stay Gazette opened in July 2026.
Crackdown · 26 April 2022Honolulu Sets a 90-Day Minimum for Rentals Outside Resort ZonesMayor Rick Blangiardi signed Bill 41 on 26 April 2022, lifting the minimum stay in most of Oahu from 30 days to 90 and keeping shorter visitor stays to the resort zones. Owners had 180 days before it took effect.By Marcus Dane · Filed 11 October 2026 · 7 min read
Platforms · 29 April 2022Airbnb Ends Covid-19 Refunds Under Its Extenuating Circumstances PolicyOn 29 April 2022 Airbnb said Covid-19 would no longer be grounds for a refund on bookings made from 31 May. The host's own cancellation policy would decide instead, for sick guests and sick hosts alike.By Jesse Kohl · Filed 11 October 2026 · 6 min read
Pictures on this page. 1. Photo: Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii by KlausVonVilver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized). 2. Photo: Transamerica pyramid and San Francisco Skyline by Michael Slaten, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).
Also that month
What else was reported in April 2022
- 11 April 2022Airbnb said it had cancelled every remaining booking in Russia and Belarus for a stay or Experience that began on or after 4 April, and that guests in the two countries could no longer book anywhere in the world. Short Term Rentalz
- 28 April 2022Airbnb told its employees on 28 April that they could live and work anywhere. Chief executive Brian Chesky wrote that 20% of nights booked in the second half of 2021 were for stays of longer than a month. Airbnb Newsroom
- 21 April 2022Revenue management software company Wheelhouse spun out of its parent Lyric and raised $16 million in a round led by New Enterprise Associates and Highgate Ventures. Short Term Rentalz
- 1 April 2022Vacation rental marketplace HomeToGo bought the Frankfurt company e-domizil GmbH for €40 million, its second acquisition since it went public. Short Term Rentalz
- 7 April 2022Florida manager VTrips bought Southern Vacation Rentals, which managed 1,120 whole-home rentals on the northern Gulf Coast, taking VTrips to 5,000 rentals in 35 markets across eight states. Short Term Rentalz
- 25 April 2022The Vacation Rental Management Association's Advocacy Fund raised $432,600 at the start of its 2022 campaign at the VRMA Spring Forum in Chicago, against a record $420,000 raised in 2021. Short Term Rentalz