World Cup 2026 short-term rental data — press kit.

The dataset is built from ~16,000 active short-term rental listings — the 1,000 closest qualifying listings to each of the 16 World Cup 2026 host stadiums, ranked by proximity. Inclusion filters require trailing-twelve-month revenue greater than $0, occupancy above 20%, and a full year of price history, so a listing that went live in March 2026 with no booking record does not enter the sample. The radius around each stadium is set per city to reflect local density (4–32 km), which keeps the sample comparable across dense urban hosts and lower-density metros.

Booked rate is the average nightly price guests have already locked in — what someone actually paid. Available rate (the 'asking' rate) is the average nightly price still listed on the calendar for unsold nights — what hosts are still asking. The two diverge whenever forward inventory is priced above what the market has cleared. The 16-city average asking-versus-booked gap is +56%, widening to +126% in Dallas. We treat the asking line as a forward-looking signal, not a forecast — historically that gap compresses materially in the final 30 days as hosts cut to fill remaining nights.

These are all 16 official FIFA World Cup 2026 host venues: 11 in the United States, 3 in Mexico (Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey) and 2 in Canada (Toronto, Vancouver). The radius around each stadium is calibrated to the local short-term rental density so that the 1,000-listing sample stays comparable: a tight radius in dense urban metros (NYC, Mexico City) versus wider catchments around lower-density venues. The full per-city radius table is published in the methodology section and is reproducible from the master CSV.

Yes — the dataset and chart pack are licensed for free editorial use. The single requirement is the line 'Source: AirROI' embedded on or below the chart at minimum 10pt, plus a hyperlink to https://www.airroi.com from the body text where the data is referenced. No advance approval, no revenue share, no embargo paperwork. A copy-paste citation block is provided in the press kit. Modified or derivative charts must retain the attribution. The same terms apply to text statistics quoted in articles.

The dataset refreshes weekly each Monday through July 19, 2026; the figures here reflect the most recent snapshot. Forward occupancy and pacing change rapidly in the final five weeks: cities currently below 25% forward occupancy will move materially, and the asking-versus-booked gap typically compresses as kickoff approaches. A post-tournament snapshot will be published in August 2026 capturing realized rates and occupancy across the actual tournament window — that release will resolve whether the steep regional jumps held or compressed.

The published dataset is aggregated to the city level — 16 cities × ~20 metrics × 2 years. Per-listing data is excluded for two reasons: privacy (Airbnb listings tie to host identity and physical addresses, and publishing per-listing rates risks identifying individuals) and the fact that per-listing access is AirROI's commercial product. For Tier-1 outlets working on a story that genuinely requires deeper granularity — for example, same-day-of-week comparisons across a specific knockout-round venue — we will run a custom data pull on request. Email admin@airroi.com with the specific cut needed.

Jun Zhou, Founder, AirROI, is the on-the-record spokesperson for this dataset. The press kit contains pre-cleared quotes at three lengths (chyron, pull and analytical) plus four region-specific quotes for USA, Mexico, Canada and international angles. Press inquiries route through admin@airroi.com — the four-business-hour response SLA covers fact-check turnaround for stories on deadline. Bio, headshot at two resolutions and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/noobjun) are linked from the spokesperson card.