Airbnb in Amsterdam

Amsterdam was heralded as the first city in the World to pass an "Airbnb-friendly law", however according to Het Parool, there is "No brakes on the growth of Airbnb in Amsterdam", including apparently following the law. Airbnb vowed to send an e-mail twice a year to hosts reminding them of the local laws.

The Law

In February 2014, Amsterdam created a new category of housing, a "Particuliere Vakantieverhuur", or "private vacation rental" which allows short term vacation rentals to tourists under the following conditions:

Only the registered, main occupant of a dwelling may rent out a property

The owner is the only person that can rent out the property, in most cases Amsterdam leases prohibit a tenant renting to others

The dwelling must not be rented for more than two months a year in total

No more than 4 people can rent a property at a time

Data for Airbnb in Amsterdam

Inside Airbnb

Inside Airbnb provides data compiled from the Airbnb web-site for listings available for Amsterdam.

According to Inside Airbnb data for Amsterdam, compiled on December 2017, there are:

6,183 "Entire homes/apartments" (33% against the total number of listings) that were estimated to be booked for more 60 nights a year (and against the law)

1,299 listings that are available to accommodate more than 4 people (and against the law - this is underestimated, because it doesn't account for multiple listings in the same apartment);

A conservative occupancy model has been built in order to estimate Occupancy Rates, Income per Month and Nights per Year. More information on the methodolgy of the occupancy model can be found in the disclaimers.

Inside Airbnb: Amsterdam uses the following parameters:

A high availability metric and filter of 60 days per year to align with Amsterdam's "Particuliere Vakantieverhuur" regulations

metric and filter of to align with Amsterdam's "Particuliere Vakantieverhuur" regulations A frequently rented filter of 60 days per year to align with Amsterdam's "Particuliere Vakantieverhuur" regulations

filter of to align with Amsterdam's "Particuliere Vakantieverhuur" regulations A review rate of 50% for the number of guests making a booking who leave a review

of for the number of guests making a booking who leave a review An average booking of 3.9 nights unless a higher minimum nights is configured for a listing. Airbnb reported 3.9 nights as the average length of stay for guests using Airbnb in Amsterdam

unless a higher minimum nights is configured for a listing. Airbnb reported 3.9 nights as the average length of stay for guests using Airbnb in Amsterdam A maximum occupancy rate of 70% to ensure the occupancy model does not produce artifically high results based on the available data

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Airbnb

Airbnb provides NO PUBLIC DATA to help understand the use of their platform and the impact on cities around the world.

Airbnb also provide NO DATA to cities or states to assist them in ensuring that Airbnb hosts and Airbnb are following the local laws.

Other data

Tom Slee regularly scrapes the Airbnb site to produce maps and analysis of Airbnb use around the world.

Acknowledgement