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r/ShortTermRentals rules, stats, and what to post

A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/ShortTermRentals: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.

Members
18,178
Community age
Created Dec 2018, 7 years
To post
No minimum in the rules
To comment
No minimum in the rules
Self-promotion
Allowed with conditionsYou may post requesting feedback on your listing, but no promotions or asks for bookings are allowed.
Links
Not mentioned in the rules
Promo risk
HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts

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Rule summary

  • No promoting your listing: You may post requesting feedback on your listing, but no promotions/asks for bookings or marketing allowed for any listing.
  • No spamming or self-promotion: No spam or self-promotion of your STR related business, platform, software, management service or listing site.
  • No circumventing platforms/illegal activity: No posting/asking questions about circumventing platforms like Airbnb or running illegal activity if STRs are banned in your market. We do welcome discussion on unfair regulation, but no community questions on how to illegally rent short-term.
  • Be respectful!: You don't have to agree with everyone, that's OK! But be respectful to all who visit and comment/share on this sub.

Works well

  • Post your listing and ask one specific question about it, like how to improve your photos or description, since the rules allow feedback requests.
  • Ask hosts how they handle a real operating problem, like a difficult guest or a slow season, with no link anywhere in the post.
  • Share a lesson from running your rentals, written as a plain story, with nothing to click and nothing to buy.
  • Start a discussion on unfair local regulations in your market, framed as what is fair, not how to get around the rules.
  • Answer other hosts' questions in the comments to build a name before you start any thread of your own.

Avoid

  • Linking to your own rental listing when you are not asking for feedback on it.
  • Asking for bookings or hinting that people should come stay at your place.
  • Posting an ad for your property management company, channel manager, or pricing software.
  • Dropping your startup link and leaving, which reads as spam under “No spamming or self-promotion”.
  • Asking how to rent short term in a market that bans it or how to dodge platform rules.
  • Framing a rule-breaking question as discussion about regulation, since the rules allow debate but not illegal how-tos.

What r/ShortTermRentals Is For

r/ShortTermRentals is a home for people who run short term rentals, so hosts, owners, and property managers. The description points at the whole journey of a vacation rental business, from getting started to growing it. People come here to ask questions, learn how to get more bookings, and manage guests better. The tone of the description is practical, it reads like a working room for operators who want answers, not a place to browse pretty listings. If you help hosts in any way, this is the crowd that lives inside that problem.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

Four rules decide what survives here. “No promoting your listing” says you may post requesting feedback on your listing, but no promotions or asks for bookings are allowed for any listing. “No spamming or self-promotion” blocks spam and self-promotion of your STR related business, platform, software, management service, or listing site. “No circumventing platforms/illegal activity” bans questions about getting around platforms like Airbnb or renting short term where it is illegal, while still welcoming discussion on unfair regulation. “Be respectful!” asks everyone to stay respectful even when they disagree. The moderator one-liner sums it up plainly, they remove posts that promote listings or businesses, discuss illegal renting, or show disrespect.

What To Post

A good post here looks like a real operator question or a real operator lesson. Ask for feedback on your listing, and be clear that feedback is what you want, not bookings. Ask the community how they handle a specific guest or pricing problem. Share what you learned running your rentals, with no link attached. Discuss regulation at the level of whether the rules are fair, not how to dodge them. If you sell something to hosts, participate as a helpful member of the community first, and keep your product out of the conversation.

What To Avoid

The obvious tripwire is promotion. Do not post your listing asking for bookings, and do not dress up a marketing push as a question. Do not plug your STR business, software, platform, or management service, even casually in a comment. Do not ask how to work around Airbnb or how to rent in a market where short term rentals are banned. Keep regulation talk on the side of unfair rules, not on how to break them. And stay respectful in every thread, because disagreement is fine but disrespect is not.

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Common questions about r/ShortTermRentals

Can I post my listing here?

Yes, but only as feedback. Say what you want critiqued, share the listing for that purpose, and do not add any ask for bookings.

Can I talk about my STR software or channel manager?

No. “No spamming or self-promotion” covers platforms, software, and management services, so keep your product out of the posts and replies.

What about local rules and regulations?

Yes. The rules welcome discussion on unfair regulation, but the conversation stays on the rules themselves, not on ways around them.

Can I ask how to book guests off platform?

That falls under “No circumventing platforms/illegal activity” and the moderator one-liner says such posts get removed.

I run a startup that serves hosts, can I introduce myself here?

Probably not. The rules target self-promotion of STR related businesses, so a general growth question works better than a launch post.

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