Tasmania is standing up to the short-stay accommodation industry, and TAA’s national CEO reckons it’s just the beginning.

For the odd few who have ever wanted to be accommodated by a piece of fruit or a vegetable, you just missed out on the chance to stay in an avocado.

It turns out around 50 per cent of Airbnbs are commercially run, as opposed to travellers renting out their space or uni students listing their cupboards for a quick buck.

In what is a quintessential Friday story, Travel Weekly has delivered this ‘franktastic’ and ‘blunderful’ news for all your hot-dog-loving clients.

Among the very specific and highly unrealistic requests was that “gentlemen” must remain seated for “both for number one and number two” and all signs of “passage” must be removed. Yikes.

A racist Airbnb and Booking.com host has been removed from both platforms for calling a tourist a “monkey” and a “n*****”. Good riddance.

Travel Weekly was disappointed to learn that Jules Verne does not make an appearance on the tour, and hopes that Airbnb’s next tour, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, features the author.

It’s not often that Travel Weekly provides such valuable insights as this gem, so enjoy it while you can.

Meanwhile, Travel Weekly staff are supporting our local pub by blowing half our pay on its happy hour specials.

Do you work for a tour operator that is struggling against its rivals? We’ll prepare for the struggle to become even more real with this.

A group of friends visiting New York have been subjected to a disgusting racist tirade that resulted in them being kicked out of their Airbnb at 2am.

Airbnb is attempting to tackle cybercrime with a new partnership, while Travel Weekly’s editor is trying to solve the crime of who stole his roast beef sandwich from the office fridge.