This page explains where our information comes from, how we check it, and what we do when it changes.
Where the information comes from
In order of preference:
- The platform’s own pages. Airbnb’s Help Center, policies and Resource Center are the main sources for any rule, setting or fee.
- The vendor’s own pages. For a tool’s price or features, we use the maker’s pricing or help page, not a reseller, review site or forum.
- Official sources (government or regulator pages) for anything legal or tax-related. We point you to them rather than summarising the law ourselves.
We don’t treat forums, social posts or other blogs as sources for facts. They can show us what hosts are asking, which helps us choose topics.
Dates
Every fact that can change (a price, a fee percentage, a policy date, a menu path) is linked to its source along with the date we checked it. The date at the top of a guide only changes when its facts have been re-checked against their sources.
What we don’t claim
- We don’t host, so we don’t write “in our experience as hosts”.
- We don’t test tools hands-on, so we don’t write “we tried it”. When we describe a tool, we’re describing what its maker publishes.
- We don’t make up numbers. Where an example uses figures, it’s labelled as hypothetical. Where we couldn’t find a reliable public figure (such as an “average” cleaning fee), we say so.
- We don’t publish quotes or stories from hosts we haven’t actually spoken to.
How we choose what to recommend
Free and built-in options come first. We only suggest a paid tool when it solves a specific problem the free option doesn’t, and we show its published price. Affiliate commissions don’t decide what we include or the order we list it in. See our affiliate disclosure.
How we use AI
AI tools help us find sources, organise notes and write first drafts. Each fact is then checked against the company’s own page (the platform or vendor that publishes it), and the guide links that page with the date it was checked. Anything the sources don’t support is removed or rewritten.
Corrections and updates
- A contact address for reporting errors is coming soon.
- Confirmed errors are fixed on the page. Significant corrections get a short dated note at the end of the guide.
- When a platform changes a rule we’ve covered (such as Airbnb’s house-rules changes effective Nov 20, 2026), we update the affected guides and the date at the top of each one.
Not professional advice
Our guides are general information, not legal, tax or insurance advice. Rules vary by city, state and country. When something depends on local law, we’ll say so and suggest who to ask.