The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb

Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by lightbyte on Monday April 17, 2017 @01:53PM (#14132955)

>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.

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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by Karunamon on Monday April 17, 2017 @02:01PM (#14133022)

Which isn't what most people think of when they hear "hotel".

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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by enraged_camel on Monday April 17, 2017 @03:53PM (#14133881)

Really? What do "most people" think when they hear "hotel"?

edit: for all you down voters, he is the dictionary definition of the word "hotel":

"an establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists."

Which means every "Airbed and Breakfast" is a hotel.

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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by DINKDINK on Thursday April 20, 2017 @08:54AM (#14156193)

Most Airbnbs I've stayed at do not offer meals. In my local jurisdiction, all hotels must provide meals like your definition lays out. By that fact an Airbnb would /not/ qualify as a hotel legally

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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by dragonwriter on Thursday April 20, 2017 @08:58AM (#14156221)

If providing a meal is part of the definition that makes something a hotel, that's true; the way you state it is a requirement that hotels must comply with, though, which would mean AirBnB might qualify as a hotel, but also be in violation of the requirement.

Theres lots of places where AirBnB (or hosts on the platform) meets the definition of a hotel and simultaneously often fail to meet the legal obligations of a hotel.

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