Re:Customers say Getaround has been slow to pay repair bills
by colmvp on Saturday April 04, 2020 @04:37PM
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I can't speak for every city, but where I live, a lot of Airbnber's are hurting for the sudden drop in revenue. Hotels might get bailouts or credits from the government but short term rental companies will get nothing and be hard pressed to find the resources to continue paying their mortgages. We're already seeing condos that were rented out as Airbnb's pop up on the real estate market.
Re:Customers say Getaround has been slow to pay repair bills
by gamblor956 on Monday April 06, 2020 @02:19PM
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That is a good thing. Those condos should never have been converted to unregistered hotel rooms, and I'm sure the other people living in those developments will be glad that the parade of strangers will no longer be invading their buildings.
Re:Customers say Getaround has been slow to pay repair bills
by Apocryphon on Saturday April 04, 2020 @11:14PM
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This is also the perfect time for jurisdictions to tighten up their regulations that pertain to Airbnb.
Re:Customers say Getaround has been slow to pay repair bills
by PopeDotNinja on Sunday April 05, 2020 @11:22AM
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Meh. If hotels can have bed bugs, they have Coronavirus, too.
And it's very likely that AirBnB restrictions will increase post-COVID19 to eliminate a lot of the apartment units that were (illegally) converted to AirBnB units, and that enforcement of existing AirBnB restrictions in cities like NY and LA will increase dramatically, both for safety reasons and to protect the hotel companies that actually employ workers, pay hotel taxes, and contribute to the local economy.