November 29th, 2025

Good morning STR Report Community, and welcome to The STR Report’s Weekend Digest!

In today’s issue, you will find:

📱Weekend Digest: The Rental Resource Rundown

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Welcome back to The STR Report’s Weekend Digest — today we’re sharing an insightful podcast in our Rental Resource Rundown:

Sonder’s Fall, Market Shifts, and What It Means for STR Operators

Today’s podcast rec is all about what led Sonder, the poster once child of the “hotel-meets-Airbnb” model, to bankruptcy. Hear from AirDNA’s Chief Economist Jamie Lane and co-host Scott Sage about the future of changing travel demand.

Key Takeaways for STR Pros:

• Sonder’s bankruptcy signals the end of rental arbitrage — operators tied to high-cost leases are struggling as demand and urban travel lag.

• Urban recovery is still uneven: international inbound demand to the U.S. fell 16% this year, weighing heavily on city performance.

• Watch your margins: many hosts haven’t offset Airbnb’s new 15% service fee, which could cut into real earnings this winter.

• October’s numbers show slowing demand (2.5%) and occupancy declines (~1.5%), mirroring weakness in hotels — but mountain markets saw a lift from fall “leaf peeping” travel.

• AirDNA’s new data models boost accuracy, capturing longer-term stays and eliminating duplicate listings — giving hosts clearer, more reliable market visibility.

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