IT’S the sharing economy giant that revolutionised travel, letting people rent out their spare rooms for a fraction of the cost of a hotel stay. But Airbnb can be a minefield for the uninitiated, as a newcomer to the site discovered when she forked out $76 for two nights in a private room in Melbourne […]

The breaking point wasn’t the furniture-destroying sex at 3am in the room directly above ours nor the smartphone alarm vibrating into their floor/our ceiling at 5am – instead it was the frustration that our upstairs neighbour and part-time Airbnb host didn’t bother to reply to our text whingeing about the ordeal…

Where people go, scammers follow, so it’s no surprise to find the sharing economy being targeted…

The first floor balcony of the flat collapsed in July, causing them to fall two storeys. The group’s solicitor said the website has refused requests to provide financial assistance…

A man who fell to his death from a Bourbon Street balcony in the early morning hours of Nov. 19 was among a group renting a property through the short-term rental website Airbnb, and his fall might have been caused by a rotted railing, according to a New Orleans Police Department report…

A dream Thanksgiving vacation in the Big Apple turned into the nightmare before Christmas for a California couple whose Airbnb reservation went bust…

Spy cameras found inside a Las Vegas Airbnb recording naked guests has put such hidden cameras in the spotlight…

A London Airbnb host returned from a holiday abroad to find guests had raided her flat and stolen £5,000 worth of electronics….

Airbnb is allowing homeowners to advertise “rooms of doom” that accommodate as many as 30 people by stuffing beds into laundry rooms and air mattresses into kitchens, two state legislators charged Monday…

In February, CBC’s Go Public team did a story about accusations that Reid scammed renters using Airbnb properties in British Columbia…