Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Campaigners in Florence have put red tape in the shape of a cross on key boxes to protest against the rise of short-term lets in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rental platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com often use key safes for self-check-in (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The Italian ...

Anti-Airbnb protests have spread to Milan with furious locals vandalising key boxes used by rental properties. Campaigners in Milan have accused Airbnb of driving up the rent and pricing locals out of ...

Leaving a spare key under the doormat or on top of a doorframe is never a good idea. A dedicated lock box for your spare keys allows you to provide entry to others when you’re not around—like dog ...

Florence acts against the rise in self-check-in apartments as protests increase against the explosion in short-term lets Nick Squires is The Telegraph’s Rome correspondent, covering Italy, the Vatican ...

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 ...

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 ...