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Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, but the water parks are dry, amusement parks are shuttered and national parks are only beginning to reopen. For thousands of small businesses that rely tourism, they are hoping Americans will be ready to splurge on summer vacations once again — their livelihood depends on it. “Every day these businesses can’t open...

With Memorial Day weekend fast approaching and summer nipping at its heels, renting a vacation home may seem like the perfect way to get a change of scenery while maintaining social distancing protocols. Alison Kwong, a spokesperson for booking site Vrbo confirms that, beginning in mid-April, they started to see more U.S. demand on its platform, especially for longer trips...

Thousands of Airbnb hosts around Southern California are still without any income or new reservations, nearly two months after the travel industry was essentially shut down.

Airbnb plans to lay off nearly 1,900 employees, or about 25% of the company, a person familiar with the plans confirmed to CNBC.

What’s it like to spend the night in Lucy, the elephant-shaped historical landmark along the Jersey Shore? Airbnb is giving you that chance for three nights only.

A 21-year-old man was in critical condition Wednesday after police say he was shot when someone fired more than 20 times into a property rented out through Airbnb.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff is calling a shooting that left five dead during a Halloween party at an Airbnb rental a “bloodbath.”

Airbnb is pushing out several new safety features in the wake of a tragic incident at one of their bookings, CEO Brian Chesky announced Wednesday.

The owner of a Maryland home said Airbnb renters trashed the place, and Airbnb was slow to recompensate her for $10,000 in damage. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan investigated.

An Airbnb host’s Maryland home became the site of a house party, and getting recompensed for thousands of dollars in damages proved difficult.

Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss is taking its show to a new place — under the sea, where they will perform for great white sharks and eight fans separated from them by a small submarine. As part of a promotion by Airbnb, the fans and Kiss will travel...

Airbnb is offering a handful of people concerned about the environment a chance to participate in scientific research on how to help preserve it during an all-expense-paid trip to Antarctica. The Antarctic Sabbatical, as the travel company is dubbing it, will give five people the opportunity to study how widely microplastics have infiltrated the region. Over a month’s time in...

Dozens of people have died and tens of thousands of Californians have been forced from their homes as huge wildfires continue to rage in the northern and southern ends of the state. The Camp Fire in Northern California’s Butte County has become the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in recorded state history. The Woolsey Fire north of Los Angeles, meanwhile,...

A bright pink house with emojis plastered on it in a swanky stretch of Manhattan Beach, blocks from the sand, has neighbors rolling their eyes and insisting a more dastardly motive behind the blush.

Swimply is a pool sharing platform that connects owners of private pools with people looking for a place to swim and hang out.

Chicago is a hot bed for hot dog enthusiasts, and in honor of National Hot Dog Day, one of the world’s most iconic vehicles is being made available to rent on Airbnb.

A lucky few will be able to live the adventures of Phileas Fogg from Jules Verne’s classic “Around the World in 80 Days.” Hosted by Airbnb, a small number of guests will travel across 16 countries using eight modes of transportation, including a hot air balloon, to promote a new collection of available bookings called Airbnb Adventures.

Walmart is going to begin delivering groceries inside shoppers’ homes. Right to their kitchen refrigerators. Starting this fall, nearly 1 million people across three cities — Kansas City, Missouri, Pittsburgh and Vero Beach, Florida — will have access to Walmart’s new in-home delivery option, the retailer announced Friday at its annual shareholders meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company said it...

San Francisco supervisors this week passed legislation that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies and other city departments. Mark Matthews reports.