At Home Around the World

Call them vacation rentals, short-term rentals, Airbnbs – local host rentals represent a major shift in how people are traveling today. Everyone has opinions about them, but there are few sources of good, objective information on this critical topic.
This book is here to help. Written by Robert Rosenstein (Co-founder and Chairman of Agoda, one of the world’s leading online travel agencies) and Peter Allen (Agoda’s VP of Public Affairs, and an alum of McKinsey and Google), the book is a guide for the perplexed in this rapidly expanding, ever-changing field.
Whether you are a guest who’s trying to figure out how to find the best place to stay, a host who needs information about how to run your small business, a neighbor who is worried about strangers staying next door, or a regulator who needs to understand the field and how to set up rules that really work for all your stakeholders, this book will give you the information and guidance you need. There are chapters for each of these readers, covering such topics as
• The rise of the sharing economy and how to deal with the disruption it is causing
• How the local host rental market is growing around the world
• The importance of trust – and how to make it work for you