Gloria Cuevas thought she'd reside forever in Rincón, on Puerto Rico's west coast, a destination favored by surfers and known ...

Puerto Rico, long a tourist hub, is also a hotspot for foreign investment and offers tax incentives to attract outsiders – with major repercussions for locals.

Puerto Rico has signed a deal with Airbnb under which the company will collect a room tax from hosts on the island and turn the revenue over to the U.S. territory's government, which is mired in a ...

On February 15, 2025, G.P.M. and E.R.R. booked a week-long vacation for their family at an Airbnb in Hatillo, a rural hamlet of about 4,000 on Puerto Rico’s north coast.

Rincon, Puerto Rico, in the western part of the island, checks all the boxes. Giuseppe San Filipo, a retired art professor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, has been vacationing with his family in ...

San Francisco-based Airbnb has more than 4,300 hosts and 7,100 listings in Puerto Rico, which had more than 250,000 Airbnb guests last year.

Airbnb has a message: Puerto Rico is open for business. The home-rental company said Wednesday that it's expanding its partnership efforts with the island to help it promote tourism.

Height of swells in Nov.: Between 4.5 and 6 feet For the past 21 years, surf instructor Ramse Morales has been riding Rincón’s legendary barrel waves and the occasional 25-foot swells. Here are ...

"Puerto Rico has implemented precautionary measures since Covid-19 began. Our priority continues to be the safety of our residents and guests and their new needs compared to pre-Covid travel ...

He said hosts across the island have remitted only about 20 percent of the room tax due. “I would like to thank Airbnb for contributing to the economic development of Puerto Rico,” he said.