The San Juan municipal government could shore up some $1.6 million in license fees from 3,792 short-term rental operators in the capital city.
In a recent survey, Airbnb confirmed that 10% of Puerto Rican hosts identified as an educator or lived with one in 2021.
The properties are listed with nature lovers in mind.
Airbnb commissioned Oxford Economics to explore the fiscal significance of the platform’s expanding footprint in Puerto Rico.
Aguada, Jayuya, Naranjito, Jayuya and Luquillo are featured among the recommended places to stay.
The hosts are opening new locations in Puerto Rico for local and international tourists.
Of that amount, $7 million were reported for 2021 alone, the company stated.
More than 26% of hosts said they offer spaces in the home where they themselves live.
The Airbnb short-term rental platform confirmed that two hosts in Puerto Rico stood out among the list of hosts who in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic innovated and provided better hospitality and boosted safety and hygiene protocols to guarantee comfort and well-being for their guests. Airbnb took on the task of finding the most prominent […]
Puerto Rico-born reggeatón pioneer and multiple award-winner Daddy Yankee — who has built a worldwide community of followers — is inviting his fans to see his home that inspired his success, and where he’s simply known as Ramón Ayala. This fall, while he’s on the road, Daddy Yankee is becoming an Airbnb host and inviting […]
The Puerto Rico Association of Small Inn Owners and Tourism confirmed its support of a Municipal Ordinance passed in the Municipality of Dorado to regulate the more than 1,000 independent short-term rental accommodations operating in the town. Last week, local media outlets reported that the beachfront town is requiring a permit from short-term rental operators to […]
The recent celebration on Oct. 1 of International Day of Older Persons has prompted the Airbnb digital platform to share data about hosts and travelers over 60 years old. According to the platform, in Puerto Rico, hosts over 60 years old represented 19% of the island’s universe as of September 2021. That includes the number […]
Three Puerto Rico-based nonprofits — CMV Casa sin Fronteras, La Maraña, and the Programa de Educación Comunal de Entrega y Servicio Inc. — will receive a combined $45,000 through the Airbnb Community Fund. The fund was created to distribute $100 million over 10 years to organizations that are strengthening communities around the world, including $10 […]
As travel begins to pick up once again, and travelers opt to stay in entire homes, considered to be the safer way to travel according to the CDC, short-term rental company Airbnb is rolling out a number of initiatives to promote safety. “We’ve learned that July 4 is being pegged, by some, as the ‘reopening’ […]
Puerto Rico’s women entrepreneurs are making their mark on the island’s tourism sector, from a number of angles. On the one hand, there are those working on the Airbnb platform, which in 2018 had more than 5,000 hosts in Puerto Rico. At present 50% of the island’s hosts on Airbnb are women, the platform confirmed. […]
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