2026 World Cup Host? Here's What You Need to Know About Pricing

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Welcome to the first episode of STR Pricing Pulse, powered by Launchbase and Beyond.

Hosted by Launchbase Co-Founders, James Varley and Zak Ali, this episode dives into one of the biggest opportunities in the STR calendar – the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

We cover:

• What hosts can learn from Russia 2018

• Why demand won’t be “blanket high” across the tournament

• Why you should treat it like a series of Taylor Swift concerts (match-day spikes)

• What the Beyond data is telling us right now

• Minimum stay strategies during major events

• How to capture demand without killing visibility

• What to do…