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Ronda Kaysen, The New York Times Published: 11 Jul 2021 12:29 PM BdST Updated: 11 Jul 2021 12:29 PM BdST Hosting an Airbnb right now may be harder. The New York Times Last August, Ben and Elana Vorspan bought a cabin in Big Bear City, California, a two-hour drive from their home near Los Angeles, thinking it would make for a nice family getaway and a place they could also rent out. ); } As it turned out, the cabin was in such high demand, with so many people looking for a socially distant getaway during the pandemic, they could barely keep up. Reservations flooded in as soon as they listed the three-bedroom property, with weekend guests paying $500 a night double the typical peak-season rate. On holidays, some paid as much as $1,000 a night, “which is insane that anybody would pay that much to go away,” said Ben Vorspan, the creative director for a synagogue. “That was very much COVID pricing.” ....
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