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In the UK, there's plenty of short-term lease companies and "aparthotels" which rent out entire flats, but have actually gained the necessary permission from lo
by vertex-four 10y ago
In the UK, there's plenty of short-term lease companies and "aparthotels" which rent out entire flats, but have actually gained the necessary permission from local Government to do so. I assume there's similar companies elsewhere.
- briandear 10y agoYou're assuming Airbnb owners are all not 'legal.' I have a place in Provence that has three apartments we list in AirBnB and booking.com, etc. We pay tourist taxes and taxes on the business income. It's not fair or even accurate to assume that AirBnB listings are less legitimate than "Lease companies." AirBnB is a distribution channel, not a business model.
- vertex-four 10y ago> It's not fair or even accurate to assume that AirBnB listings are less legitimate than "Lease companies." No, but unfortunately the majority are (at least where I am), and AirBnB has a vested interest in ensuring that they don't have to make sure their listings are legal, and their customers don't care.
- mikeryan 10y agoThe whole article this is based on is the city of SF forcing Airbnb hosts to register with the city and for Airbnb to validate registered hosts. It appears that Airbnb is explicitly attempting to aid illegitimate (ie. non-registered) listings.