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Huh? Why does he have to do that? I can understand being suspicious of those who actually come and STAY in the Airbnb, but to use your line of argument against
by exergy 10y ago
Huh? Why does he have to do that? I can understand being suspicious of those who actually come and STAY in the Airbnb, but to use your line of argument against the person renting out the room makes no sense to me. What exactly does the hotel permit specify? That the toilet is clean? That the building is structurally sound?
- amyjess 10y agoAmong others, that it meets fire codes. Just wait until an AirBNB customer dies in a fire because the property didn't meet fire safety requirements. AirBNB probably wouldn't survive the fallout.
- magic_beans 10y agoOne AirBnB customer DID die from an unsafe tree-swing on the property: https://medium.com/matter/living-and-dying-on-airbnb-6bff8d600c04 https://medium.com/matter/living-and-dying-on-airbnb-6bff8d6...
- nommm-nommm 10y agoIt certainly depends on where you live but almost all jurisdictions have those sorts of requirements. For example, first thing I saw on Google >Environmental health specialists inspect every hotel at least twice a year or more often as deemed necessary to ensure compliance with the Hotel, Food Service Establishment, and Public Swimming Pool Act of 1985* and the hotel rules and regulations. Current hotel permits must be displayed in a prominent location for the public to view and the inspection report must be available for public scrutiny. https://www.tn.gov/health/article/eh-hotels#sthash.fTwnqZnV.dpuf https://www.tn.gov/health/article/eh-hotels#sthash.fTwnqZnV....
- exergy 10y agoMaybe this is more true of countries like India, where I'm from, where I can imagine hygiene standards being more "flexible". But here in Western Europe for example, or the US, airbnbs are almost better maintained than I'd maintain my own house. And I think there's a good reason for this: the impact of reviews. Even in India, I can't imagine a place going far looking like a cheapo dorm room, because people will definitely look at reviews.
- enraged_camel 10y ago>>Huh? Why does he have to do that? Because hotels are subject to those regulations. It's not optional for them. Why should it be optional for AirBnB hosts?
- Karunamon 10y agoBecause AirBnB hosts, in general, are not running a hotel. The distinction is purely legal - in this case, the semantics matter quite a bit.
- enraged_camel 10y agoI don't know if they do. If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's probably a duck. At the end of they day they are directly competing with hotels. In order to ensure the competition is fair, they should be subject to the same regulations.
- Karunamon 10y agoAnd what if the competition isn't fair already? What if I just want to rent out one room in my home on the side, not as a business? Why, then, should I be subject to the same requirements as a huge corporation with dedicated multistory buildings, many more customers, staff, and so forth? To me, it sounds like the taxi industry pre-Uber. Lots of questionable-value regulation created by incumbents that doesn't really hurt anyone in the real world when it's mostly ignored.
- lightbyte 10y ago>Because AirBnB hosts, in general, are not running a hotel. Of course they are. Are you paying the host to stay in a room they own? Hotel.
- Karunamon 10y agoWhich isn't what most people think of when they hear "hotel".