How to Find Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb

Re:How to Find Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb by Symbiote on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:29AM (#20460510)

In at least some cases the tourist tax is only for tourists. Business visitors don't need to pay the tax, if they show some evidence that it's a business trip.

An example is Cologne's "Culture tax": https://www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/steuern-ge...

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Re:How to Find Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb by jkoudys on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:32AM (#20460552)

Interesting -- I'll look into that for NYC. I'm CTO at a startup based in Toronto, but we have a tiny space in Manhattan so it's pretty easy for me to schedule some business there and have my family tag along.

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Re:How to Find Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb by mrguyorama on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:45PM (#20461414)

>business there and have my family tag along

So you think you should be able to violate the spirit of the law? Why shouldn't you pay that tax as a tourist?

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Re:How to Find Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb by jkoudys on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @02:23PM (#20462535)

Because I'd be there on business? You seem weirdly upset that I'd want to see my family after work.

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Re:How to Find Hidden Cameras in Your Airbnb by ghaff on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:17PM (#20461798)

I've certainly never heard of hotel taxes only being for tourists in NYC. NYC is worse than most with all the taxes and fees they add. The worst was that for a number of years they had some Javits convention center enhancement fee. This was during a period when it wasn't even clear if the project was going ahead--though it eventually did.

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