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Considering the outrageous prices charged by motels in every city I've been (up to Chicoutimi) and even by road side motels near nowhere, I'm not surprised :-/
by guylhem 13y ago
Considering the outrageous prices charged by motels in every city I've been (up to Chicoutimi) and even by road side motels near nowhere, I'm not surprised :-/
>Business groups like Montreal’s Bed and Breakfast Association have been pushing for the government to crackdown on home rentals for years.
Yeah. I sure wonder why.
- noarchy 13y agoThe establishment hotels/motels want protection from competition, which governments are often only too happy to provide, sure. But don't forget the taxes that Quebec no doubt hungers to collect, whether the $250 permit fee, or unreported income. For all parties involved, follow the money.
- cmsmith 13y agoThere are regulatory mechanisms to make hotels and B+Bs pay their share of externalities. These are things like property tax, room tax, and insurance. Suppliers of airbnb units avoid a lot of these payments because they're paying taxes at normal residential rates. If the cost of a room is $100/night, and the cost of that extra stuff is $50/night, then there is no way that hotels can compete on an even playing field with airbnb.