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Travelers are going back to hotels. Airbnb cleaning fees got too high, and cities keep limiting short-term rentals.

How long do you give it?

Two years

Bet against the rental apps too?

Yes

Done. Three ways to play it:

24 stocks171 stories11 earnings calls4 city rules
RecommendedHotels over rentals

Buys hotel chains, bets the same against home-rental apps. Only the gap counts.

Exit: rentals win by 12%Running
SimpleJust the hotels

A basket of hotel chains and booking sites.

Exit: down 15%Run
PatientWait for the rules

Buys after two more big cities cap short-term rentals.

Exit: no new caps for six monthsRun
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Friday, October 23

9:41

littlequantnow

“Hotels over rentals” is running on play money.

9:41
Travelers are going back to hotels. Airbnb cleaning fees got too high, and cities keep limiting short-term rentals.

How long do you give it?

Two years

Bet against the rental apps too?

Yes

Done. Three ways to play it:

24 stocks171 stories11 earnings calls4 city rules
Hotels over rentalsRunning
Just the hotelsSimple
Wait for the rulesPatient
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Travelers are going back to hotels. Airbnb cleaning fees got too high, and cities keep limiting short-term rentals.

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Hotels over rentals

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hotels vs rentals · 20 days
  • BuysHotel chains$500
  • Bets againstHome-rental apps$500
  • Gets outIf rentals win by 12%
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Two more big cities capped short-term rentals. “Wait for the rules” just started.

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171stories
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Prediction markets odds
Two more big US cities cap short-term rentals this year62%
Hotel occupancy beats last year in Q457%
Rental nights grow faster than hotel nights in 202738%

Markets lean your way.

Hotel chains vs home-rental apps, 12 months Hotel chainsHome-rental apps
Rentals −4%Hotels +18%12 months agotoday

Hotels beat the rental apps by 22 points in a year.

From the earnings calls quote
Guests tell us the cleaning fees and the checkout chores pushed them back to hotels.
CFO of a US hotel group · Q3 call

Hotels hear it from their guests.

News on your take headlines
Another city caps short-term rentals at 90 nights a year
A rental app adds all-in prices after fee complaints
Hotel chains raise their outlook for the year

Two headlines for, one against.

Posts about cleaning fees social
12 weeks ago2.6× in 12 weeks

People complain a lot, and complaints don't always change bookings.

What moved with it correlation
Hotel chains+0.81
Booking sites+0.52
Cruise lines+0.34
Airlines+0.27
Home-rental apps-0.46

The rental apps move against the hotels.

What could go wrong and what covers it
The rental apps cut their feesThe exit at 12% caps the loss.
Cities roll their rules back“Wait for the rules” never starts.
Travel slows down for everyoneLong hotels, short rentals mostly cancels out.

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