Airbnb Archives - Bangor Daily News

Around 2 dozen short-term rentals in Bangor remain unregistered

by Kathleen O'Brien June 3, 2024June 3, 2024

Since opening the online portal for people to license their short-term rentals on May 3, the city gathered 64 license applications.

Airbnb is seeing a boom, in demand in small cities and rural communities, while growth is slowing in urban locations.

These small Maine towns are sharing in a rural Airbnb boom

by Zara Norman November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

Bangor legalizes Airbnbs with a list of rules

by Kathleen O'Brien October 23, 2023October 24, 2023

Bangor’s illegal Airbnb listings could soon be allowed under new proposal

by Kathleen O'Brien August 1, 2023August 1, 2023

Bangor may require landlords to get licensed

by Kathleen O'Brien July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

Many midcoast communities have been slow to impose regulations because of a lack of accurate data on short-term rentals.

Midcoast Maine has been slow to regulate short-term rentals

by Braeden Waddell July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

Belfast may start tracking short-term rentals

by Braeden Waddell July 12, 2023November 22, 2023

Down East Maine saw the largest increase in available Airbnb rentals in the state and revenue per night greater than Portland.

Maine is bucking a national slowdown in Airbnb rentals

by Lori Valigra July 10, 2023July 12, 2023

Historic downtown Bangor hotel is reopening as an Airbnb

by Emily Burnham June 5, 2023June 9, 2023

Portland Planning Board chair removes Airbnb listing

by Troy R. Bennett March 23, 2023November 22, 2023

This month, the city's Planning Board chair began offering an Airbnb rental.

Portland Planning Board chair renting apartment on Airbnb amid housing crisis

by Troy R. Bennett March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

Ellsworth ranked 8th-best place to start a vacation rental in US

by Lori Valigra February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

Political support growing for regulating short-term rentals in Maine

by David Marino Jr. October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Airbnb bookings in rural Maine surge to $95M in 2021

by Lori Valigra June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

These 10 tourist destinations have one-third of Maine’s Airbnb units

by David Marino Jr. May 21, 2022

Maine among world’s top summer Airbnb destinations this year

by David Marino Jr. May 11, 2022May 12, 2022

A couple stand among tulips in front of a house

What Airbnbs are actually doing to housing prices around Maine

by David Marino Jr. May 10, 2022

Stonington is the latest town to consider regulating vacation rentals

by Ethan Genter January 3, 2022January 3, 2022

Maine farmers are turning their properties into vacation rentals for extra income

by Sam Schipani August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

Maine’s coastal communities seek short-term rental regulations ahead of tourist season

by Leela Stockley May 3, 2021May 3, 2021