With the explosive growth of short-term rentals and vacation rentals, many communities have insurance requirements for hosts. Click here to learn more about regulations in your area.
Surveillance is a Bad Look for the Vacation Rental Industry
Both Airbnb & Vrbo promote their "free" liability insurance which extends to all bookings via their platforms. However, both specifically exclude violations of privacy, as seen below. EXCLUSIONS - Personal and Advertising Injury: Injury or alleged injury caused by slander, libel, violations of privacy, advertising, or wrongful eviction. If their free liability insurance does NOT COVER any potential liability exposure for invasion or violation of privacy, such as Airbnb security [...]