Stay Gazette
Daily edition
Edition No. 14
July 22, 2026
Everything the American short-term-rental business needs to know today.
The Money
-
The Money
Underwater and Overleveraged: The Great STR Reckoning Arrives
For hosts who bought at peak prices with cheap money, the current market is a brutal reality check. We break down the stark choices: refinance, sell,
-
The Money
TAX REVOLUTION: Your STR Just Got Reclassified Commercial and the Bill is Brutal
The property tax hammer just dropped. Cities are reclassifying short-term rentals as commercial, triggering catastrophic new tax bills and upending ho
Host Life
-
Host Life
The 4.7-Star Trap Is Burning Your Profits — Stop Bending for Bad Guests
That seemingly innocuous decimal point has become the short-term rental industry's great unspoken terror. It's time to stop letting platform algorithm
-
Host Life
Your Cleaner Just Quit By Text. It's A Crisis You Built.
The STR industry's dirty secret: Cleaning teams are fed up. Bad pay, impossible demands, and zero respect are costing hosts a fortune. Here's how to f
The daily briefing, free
Get the Gazette in your inbox.
The day's crackdowns and platform moves, the money, the design and the stays going viral, plus the desk's verdict, in one short email every morning.