Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments

Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by mbostleman on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:44PM (#19443981)

What is a corporate owned mini-hotel? I am a fairly frequent Airbnb consumer and I have yet to stay somewhere that wasn't mom and pop.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by CaptainZapp on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:59PM (#19444144)

Dozens or even hundreds of cheaply outfited cooky cutter apartments run by a management company.

I'd wager that's 80% of their business, nowadays.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by nerdponx on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:54PM (#19444090)

I think the "corporate-owned" piece is a misnomer. I think what they mean to say is that they are commercial operations, rather than individuals making use of extra space that they already had in their homes.

If someone buys or rents a property that is bigger than they need, for the sole purpose of AirBnB-ing the extra space, that is a commercial mini-hotel.

In some jurisdictions this is probably a good thing, where you don't have the tourism volume to warrant building a proper hotel but where there is demand for tourism accomodations; in other jurisdictions it represents a wantonly inefficient use of real estate resources.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by alistairSH on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @02:27PM (#19445249)

...commercial operations, rather than individuals making use of extra space that they already had in their homes.

This has been my experience. Super-hosts with more than one listing. Apartments/homes that were obviously full-time rentals. So, not run by big corporations, but definitely run by somebody who has enough money on hand to buy property as a business venture.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by CodeWriter23 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:53PM (#19444077)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/nyregion/airbnb-illegal-b...

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by biztos on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @05:09PM (#19446950)

I don't know about corporate ownership (other than you'd be insane to not have at least an LLC) but I've stayed in AirBNB apartments that belonged to people with many such properties. My impression was it was individuals/families with maybe 5-10 properties in a city, as opposed to some MegaCorp, but this is also has a pretty nasty effect on the rental market for locals.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by TheHypnotist on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:47PM (#19444014)

There are a few mini-hotels - properties with more than one room. How many are corporate owned is undetermined. This guy is just bitter about something, perhaps rightfully so.

Or maybe just vote manipulation.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by matchbok on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:07PM (#19444261)

Incorrect. Most of AirBnBs profit comes from units that do not have the owner present. Aka a hotel.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by TheHypnotist on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:20PM (#19444407)

Not only is that not the definition of hotel, you seem to think this carries a negative connotation?

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by matchbok on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:26PM (#19549816)

Yes, that's a hotel. You have "home-sharing" and hotels. Just because it's a single house does not make it less of a hotel.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by nerdponx on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:54PM (#19444096)

There are a few mini-hotels

More than a few. Check out AirBnB listing in Miami Beach, for example.

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