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Barcelona Killed Short-Term Rentals. Hotel Prices Went Up 60%

Barcelona stopped issuing new short-term rental licenses in April 2025. Every existing license will expire by November 2028. By then, the roughly 10,000 tourist apartments that once filled neighborhoods like the Gothic Quarter, Eixample, and Barceloneta will be gone from platforms like Airbnb. The city's reasoning

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Barcelona Just Banned Short-Term Rentals. Here's What It Means for Your Next Stay.

Barcelona is phasing out all 10,101 short-term rental licenses by 2028. Hotels are already absorbing the demand shift. Here's what it means for travelers.