Questions
Short answers to what usually comes up before a figure from this site is quoted.
- Can I write "occupancy rate"?
- Write "estimated occupancy" or, better, "an estimated X nights booked a year". The figure is Inside Airbnb's model built from reviews, not a measurement of bookings, and it is capped at 255 nights.
- Can I compare London prices with the other cities?
- Not directly: London figures are in pounds, the others in euros, and the site applies no exchange rate. Nights booked, shares and seasonality have no currency and can be compared across all five cities.
- Is this the number of short-term rentals in the city?
- No. It is the number of listings on one platform visible on the snapshot date, and listings are not dwellings. Say "active entire-home listings" rather than "homes rented to tourists".
- Why is my city not covered?
- The site covers only cities for which the source files at hand contain enough active listings to compute every indicator. A city is not added on partial data.
- Why are some areas or segments missing from a table?
- Areas with fewer than 25 active entire homes, and segments with fewer than 30, are hidden on purpose: a median of a dozen homes moves too much to be quoted.
- Is this a quarterly trend?
- No. Every figure describes one snapshot per city. The next edition will use the same script, and only then can changes be stated.
- Why medians rather than averages?
- A handful of very expensive or very busy homes would pull an average up. The median describes the typical active home.
- Can I republish a chart?
- Yes, with the attribution set out in the press kit. Charts are SVG files that scale to any size and carry their own source line.
- Who do I ask about a figure?
- The publisher, Hexuvium Services Limited, through the link on the about page. Please quote the page address and the figure.
- Do the ratings findings show that better hosts earn more?
- They show how figures differ between rating bands in one snapshot. They do not show cause and effect.