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Wasn't the same thought of with taxis and hotels though? But we found that an Uber drive isn't meaningfully more dangerous than a licensed taxi drive. And an A

• GLGirty 5y ago
  In my travels, I have been to multiple cities where the advice is, NEVER USE UNLICENSED TAXIS. Tourists are grifted or worse by unlicensed drivers. I read a tragic hand written warning at a youth hostel by a victim who was held a knife point and driven around to every ATM in the city, draining their account $200 per machine (local limit.) Closer to home, in my province, there have been issues with AirBnB operators not being properly insured. If you were injured because of something unsafe on the property, compensation could be difficult or impossible. There have been instances of airbnb rentals that have hidden cameras in rooms you would assume to be private. I personally would feel safer if bad behaviour can get a person banned from renting rooms. Anecdata, but what the fork was going on here? And do we think it would happen at a hotel? https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/hunter-toronto-woman-among-two-murdered-at-airbnb-and-friends-did-nothing https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/hunter-toronto-woman-...