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In an era today when investors place a high value on profitability, our oral history of short-term rentals includes regrets from those who were too risk-averse to grab an opportunity.

The most important story I wrote about online travel and short-term rentals in 2022 was my massive, three-part Definitive Oral History of Short-Term Rentals.

Here are Parts 1, 2 and 3 of that Deep Dive.

In their own words, you can read interviews with 30 founders, co-founders and entrepreneurs from around the world who literally created the online version of the sector. They often tell anecdotes and detail deals that non-disclosure agreements barred them from spilling at the time.