The order follows the ‘intensification of the phenomenon of short-term rentals’ Photo: Yuliya Starikova / Getty Tourists checking into holiday rentals in Italy must now be met by their hosts following ...

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Key boxes photographed in Dublin by Cllr Janet Horner Key boxes photographed in Dublin by Cllr Janet Horner A councillor has called for ‘key boxes’ attached to bike racks and street signs around the ...

Italy has introduced a ban on metal key boxes outside rental properties, in the latest clampdown on AirBnb lettings across the country. Instead of renters collecting the key from a locked box, Airbnb ...

Tourists checking into holiday rentals in Italy must now be met by their hosts following a ban on self-check-in key boxes across the country. The Italian Interior Ministry said the decree was a ...

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Florence is to ban the key boxes that have become a hated symbol of the burgeoning short-term rental market in its historic centre, firing the latest salvo in the battle against mass tourism in Europe ...