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Woman hiding under the blanket, chatting and surfing the internet with smart phone at late night on bed.
Posted inNonfiction

Becoming Human Again: A Reading List for the Extremely Offline

by Lisa Bubert March 9, 2022October 19, 2022

Think it’s time to get off social media? Then this is the reading list for you.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares Go Away

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 17, 2021October 19, 2022

“When things go horribly wrong during a stay, the company’s secretive safety team jumps in to soothe guests and hosts, help families—and prevent PR disasters.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Meet the Customer Service Reps for Disney and Airbnb Who Have to Pay to Talk to You

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 2, 2020October 19, 2022

Arise Virtual Solutions, part of the underground world of customer service, helps companies like Disney, Comcast, and even Airbnb save money — at the expense of workers.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Most Common Airbnb Scams: A Roundup

by Krista Stevens February 5, 2020October 19, 2022

“…these emails paint a portrait of a platform whose creators are fundamentally unable to track what goes on within it, and point to easily exploitable loopholes that scammers have steamed their way through by the truckload.”

Posted inBusiness, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Reporter Uncovers Airbnb Scam. Airbnb Shrugs, Pockets Money

by Krista Stevens October 31, 2019October 19, 2022

Oh by the way, Airbnb makes money on cancellations, too.

Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quotes

This Post Was Originally 200 Words Longer But They Weren’t Sparking Joy

by michelleweber January 21, 2019October 19, 2022

“Instead of homes, we live in commodities.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Featured, Nonfiction, Reading List

Unreal Estate: A Reading List About Our Shifting Vision of Home

by benhuberman November 16, 2017October 19, 2022

In an age of economic and political instability, what do the spaces we dwell in say about us?

Log cabin in the woods
Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes

Now Airbnb is Wrecking Mountain Towns, Too

by Pam Mandel July 13, 2017October 19, 2022

Short-term rentals are affecting the character of places like Bozeman, Boise, and Crested Butte.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

How ‘International Airbnb Style’ Became the Dominant Aesthetic of Our Time

by benhuberman May 18, 2017October 19, 2022

From Beijing to Helsinki, quirkiness never looked more identical.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Welcome to Airspace

by benhuberman May 17, 2017October 19, 2022

How the same design language — “the neutered Scandinavianism of HGTV” — took over coffee shops and Airbnbs from Brooklyn to Osaka.

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