Method and sources
Dates
Dates were read by hand on the official page listed for each one: school calendars published by the competent education authority, and event dates published by the organiser on its own website. No date comes from a listings site, a travel blog or a news article. When the organiser's site did not show the next edition, we left the date out rather than guess it. Dates were read when this edition of the site was built; organisers and authorities can change them, so the source is always the reference.
Demand curves
For London, Dublin and Brussels, the curves show how guest reviews left on active entire-home listings are spread across the twelve months, over the 24 complete months before the data was collected. A review is left after a stay, so the share of reviews per month is used as a proxy for the share of stays per month. It is a measure of when people stay, not of prices or of occupancy. An even year would put about 8.3% of stays in each month.
Data: Inside Airbnb, an independent project, published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Collection dates: London and Dublin, 17 September 2026; Brussels, 20 September 2026. Inside Airbnb has no connection with this site.
Pricing guides
The guides describe a method, not figures: they contain no invented percentages or results. Any number you use should come from your own booking history and from the listings you compete with.
All sources used on this site
London
- School holidays — London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- The London Book Fair — londonbookfair.co.uk (dates read on the official source)
- TCS London Marathon — tcslondonmarathon.com (dates read on the official source)
- The Championships, Wimbledon — wimbledon.com (dates published by the organiser)
- WTM London (World Travel Market) — wtm.com (dates read on the official source)
Manchester
- School holidays — Manchester City Council
- Premier League home matches — premierleague.com (dates published by the organiser)
- AJ Bell Great Manchester Run — greatrun.org (dates read on the official source)
- Parklife festival — parklife.uk.com (dates published by the organiser)
Edinburgh
- School holidays — The City of Edinburgh Council
- Edinburgh's Hogmanay — edinburghshogmanay.com (dates read on the official source)
- Six Nations at Murrayfield — sixnationsrugby.com (dates published by the organiser)
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe — edfringe.com (dates read on the official source)
- The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo — edintattoo.co.uk (dates read on the official source)
- Edinburgh International Festival — eif.co.uk (dates published by the organiser)
Dublin
- School holidays — gov.ie — Department of Education, circular 0018/2026
- Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium — sixnationsrugby.com (dates published by the organiser)
- St Patrick's Festival — stpatricksfestival.ie (dates read on the official source)
- Irish Life Dublin Marathon — irishlifedublinmarathon.ie (dates read on the official source)
Brussels
- School holidays — enseignement.be (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles)
- School holidays — vlaanderen.be (Onderwijs Vlaanderen)
- European Council summit weeks — consilium.europa.eu (dates published by the organiser)
- Lotto Brussels Jazz Weekend — lottobrusselsjazzweekend.be (dates read on the official source)
- Winter Wonders (Plaisirs d'Hiver) — plaisirsdhiver.be (dates read on the official source)
Amsterdam
- School holidays — Rijksoverheid.nl
- King's Day (Koningsdag) — Rijksoverheid.nl (dates read on the official source)
- IBC (broadcast and media trade show) — show.ibc.org (dates published by the organiser)
- Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) — amsterdam-dance-event.nl (dates published by the organiser)
- TCS Amsterdam Marathon — tcsamsterdammarathon.eu (dates read on the official source)
Lisbon
- NOS Alive — nosalive.com (dates read on the official source)
- Web Summit — websummit.com (dates read on the official source)
Barcelona
- School holidays — gencat.cat (Generalitat de Catalunya)
- ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) — iseurope.org (dates read on the official source)
- MWC Barcelona — mwcbarcelona.com (dates read on the official source)
- Seafood Expo Global — seafoodexpo.com (dates read on the official source)
- Primavera Sound — primaverasound.com (dates published by the organiser)
Berlin
- School holidays — berlin.de (Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie)
- Grüne Woche — gruenewoche.de (dates read on the official source)
- Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival) — berlinale.de (dates published by the organiser)
- ITB Berlin — itb.com (dates read on the official source)
- IFA Berlin — ifa-berlin.com (dates read on the official source)
- Berlin Marathon — Berlin Marathon (official site) (dates read on the official source)
Inside Airbnb
- insideairbnb.com — Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International