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 ...

Typically a large number of physical keys in a facility will be kept together in a single controlled location. The term “key box” once referred to a cabinet that hung on a wall containing keys hung ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Milan has officially announced a citywide ban on self-check-in key boxes used for tourist accommodations, set to take effect in ...

This photograph shows a security coded key box in a street in Paris, on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Julie SEBADELHA / AFP) The city of Paris has issued a decree to try and crack down on holiday ...

Italy is to ban Airbnb metal key boxes in the country's latest move to clampdown on over-tourism. Authorities ruled on Tuesday that tourists must now meet the property owner in person to verify their ...

Key boxes pictured outside an apartment building in Rome's Trastevere district in November 2024. Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP Police authorities in Rome started removing local key boxes on Thursday ...

The operation to forcibly remove key boxes, the small boxes containing keys for tourist rental apartments, began this morning in the Monti district of Rome. Led by Tourism Councillor Alessandro ...

Key boxes are often used to provide keys for tourists using private short-term property rentals. (Photo by David GANNON / AFP) Cities across France are cracking down on key boxes, as they aim to ease ...

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 ...