Airbnb To Begin Collecting Occupancy Taxes In San Francisco In October
The 14 percent hotel tax is expected to net millions of dollars a year for the city of San Francisco.
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The 14 percent hotel tax is expected to net millions of dollars a year for the city of San Francisco.
For a third consecutive year, some of San Francisco's biggest names in the startup world will open their doors to the public for free tours Thursday and Friday.
Two brothers who squatted on a Bay Area woman's Airbnb condo have finally left the premises.
In an effort to regulate short-term rentals—made popular by services such as Airbnb, San Francisco passed its first legislative test Thursday at City Hall, where the planning commission gave tentative approval a controversial proposal after a four-hour long public hearing.
Airbnb hosts and supporters have launched the "Fair to Share" campaign aimed at helping to tax and regulate home sharing in San Francisco.
Two brothers who have been squatting on an Airbnb rental in Palm Springs owned by a San Francisco woman are also being accused of duping video game investors on Kickstarter.
Demonstrators in San Francisco have posted neon green warning signs on the outside of some apartments where the director of the Tenants Union says people have been evicted under the Ellis Act and landlords are now renting apartments through websites like Airbnb and VRBO.
Vacationing pet owners in the Bay Area now have a new alternative to parking their pooch at a kennel with what some are calling an AirBnB for pets.
A San Francisco woman who rented out her Southern California vacation home on Airbnb said her latest guest is a squatter who is refusing to leave.
The competition for talent among Silicon Valley tech firms has led to companies recruiting high school students to become handsomely-paid interns.
Airbnb began collecting hotel taxes Tuesday for all of its reservations in Portland, Oregon and is expected to soon do the same in San Francisco.
Are Airbnb operations in San Francisco about to come screeching to a halt? Or, at the very least, be severely curbed?
Amid a shortage of affordable housing options in San Francisco, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is filing suit against several San Francisco landlords who allegedly ousted tenants in order to turn properties into short-term rentals.
As the popularity of online services like Airbnb have risen, legislation was introduced in San Francisco on Tuesday to halt people from converting their apartments into short-term vacation rentals.
Prostitutes and escort services are using the San Francisco-based Airbnb home-sharing service to turn prime Manhattan apartments into temporary brothels, according to a report.
The operators of the home rental service website, Airbnb, have agreed to pay San Francisco's 14-percent hotel tax.
Airbnb, the website that helps travelers find a place to stay, is landing some property renters in trouble.
San Francisco-based home-sharing firm Airbnb has paid more than $20,000 to a man who unknowingly rented his Manhattan apartment for a sex party, leaving his home ransacked and his belongings damaged or destroyed, according to published reports.
Is the City of San Francisco going after homeowners who are renting out their homes to vacationers? One San Francisco homeowner believes they are.
Some long-time renters in San Francisco say they're being illegally evicted by landlords trying to empty apartments for the sole purpose of renting out units for a higher price on Airbnb.
Amazon's unit that runs Web servers for other companies including Instagram had problems Sunday. Instagram sent a tweet saying it was aware some users were having trouble loading Instagram and that was working on the problem.
Crisis planning in San Francisco took a new step on Tuesday with the announcement of a partnership between city government and the growing "sharing economy".
Concerned about losing out on local hotel taxes, city leaders in Palo Alto have asked San Francisco's Airbnb to notify members of the vacation rental service to read the fine print.
These insider tips may help save a dollar and impress a guest.
A woman whose home was recently vandalized by a short-term renter she found through Airbnb.com was probably violating city laws that prohibit a residence from being used as a hotel, city officials said.
