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The state should be regularly auditing hotels and room-shares, checking for fire safety, cleanliness, hidden cameras, and legality of the business. Businesses
by asperous 6y ago
The state should be regularly auditing hotels and room-shares, checking for fire safety, cleanliness, hidden cameras, and legality of the business.
Businesses don't systematically change in response to a few customer complaints (they just sloppily deal with them), but they do respond to large fines and legal action.
- ipython 6y agoBut how would the state regulate this when subletting via Airbnb is already violating the regulations in place?
- asperous 6y agoAt least in Oregon where I live, airbnb is legal if you have a business license and maybe a permit depending in your city. The subletting issue is a civil issue that the landlord would have to sue over.
- oceanplexian 6y agoI’m not sure I agree with that. Yelp, for example has sunk countless businesses with poor food and customer service on the basis of customer complaints, and at the same time empowered others to grow. On the room share front, I can’t even count the number of regulated hotels I’ve been at that were completely unsanitary and unsafe.
- asperous 6y agoI think that would work with airbnb's rating system as well if the hidden cameras weren't hidden.