Short-Term Rental News, Platform and Local.
When a platform changes its fees or its rules, or a town changes who can rent, it lands on the turnover. Every story here is dated, sourced and read for what it means in practice, in the markets we clean.
Charleston Has 3,383 Hotel Rooms Approved and Not Yet Built. The 50-Room Limit Is Back Up for Debate.
Charleston has 3,383 approved hotel rooms not yet built, and the draft Peninsula Plan reopens the 50-room limit. What it means for hotel housekeeping.
Read the story →Holiday Lights, Boat Parades and Christmas Markets, From Savannah to Wilmington.
Christmas lights, parades and boat parades for 2026 in Charleston, Savannah, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington, with every date we could confirm.
Read the story →Hotel Housekeepers Are Cleaning Rooms Faster. Hotels Still Can’t Find Enough of Them.
Hotel housekeeping staffing shortage, 2026: rooms take fewer minutes, wages rose 3%, and housekeepers are still the hardest hire to make. The data.
Read the story →Airbnb Now Does Guests’ Laundry. It Won’t Wash Your Sheets.
Airbnb now offers guests laundry pickup and delivery through Rinse in select US cities. It washes guests’ clothes, not your sheets. What it changes for hosts.
Read the story →The Average Airbnb Cleaning Fee Is Up 15%. One in Four Hosts Raised It.
The average Airbnb cleaning fee in 2026: a $169 US median, $93 to $265 by bedroom count, and one in four hosts up 15% in a year. What yours should cover.
Read the story →Hosts Push Back on Airbnb’s Checkout Chores Ban. The Date Hasn’t Moved.
Hosts’ reaction to Airbnb’s new checkout rules: a 20,000-signature petition, boycott threats and higher cleaning fees. Airbnb hasn’t moved; Nov 20 stands.
Read the story →Airbnb’s 15.5% Host Fee Now Comes Out of Your Cleaning Fee.
Airbnb now takes one 15.5% fee from most hosts, charged on the cleaning fee too. What a $150 cleaning fee nets now, and the fee that keeps the clean covered.
Read the story →Folly Beach’s Rental Cap: Struck Down, Appealed and Frozen Until February.
A judge struck down Folly Beach’s 800-license rental cap. The city appealed and froze most new licenses until Feb 19, 2027. What owners can do now.
Read the story →The Busiest Turnover Weekends of 2027, From Savannah to Wilmington.
The 2027 dates that will fill rentals in Charleston, Hilton Head, Savannah, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington, from SEWE to the Bridge Run, and how to prepare.
Read the story →Airbnb’s New Checkout Rules: The Chore List Ends November 20.
Airbnb’s updated checkout policy starts Nov 20, 2026: hosts can’t require guests to strip beds, wash dishes or take trash out. What you can still ask.
Read the story →Vrbo’s New 12% Commission Takes a Cut of the Cleaning Fee.
From Oct 29, 2026, Vrbo charges pay-per-booking hosts a flat 12% commission on the rental and host fees, cleaning included. What it does to your cleaning fee.
Read the story →News by place
Towns set who can rent, how many guests a home can take and what an owner pays for the license. Each market below has its own page: where things stand, a dated timeline and the stories behind it.
Folly Beach, SC
6 updatesThe 800-license rental cap was struck down in court and appealed, and most new licenses are frozen until February 19, 2027.
Charleston, SC
3 updatesA proposed eight-guest ceiling for short-term rentals went back to the Planning Commission on October 21, 2026. It has not been adopted.
Charleston County, SC
3 updatesThe county is tightening rental permits outside city and town limits: a two-year bar for renting without one, and a proposed parking rule per sleeping area.
Chatham County, GA
4 updatesNew rules approved September 25 cap rentals that are not owner-occupied at 5% of each district and end the freeze on new applications.
Tybee Island, GA
5 updatesNew rules from January 1, 2027: rental caps in four residential sectors, a waiting list, an emergency-contact rule and new annual fees.
Fluffy works in markets from Savannah to the Outer Banks, and a market gets its page here when its rules change. Every story and update lists the sources it was written from. For how to run turnovers under any of these rules, the guides go deeper.
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