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Re:The Airbnb Economy in New York: Lucrative but Often Unlawful by kurtko on Monday November 04, 2013 @09:50PM (#6672915)
I'm all for AirBNB in NYC and otherwise, but the taxation issue is the real issue. I think other laws/zoning can and should be relaxed to accommodate them, but this is business - they need to pay their taxes to put everyone on a fair footing.
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Re:The Airbnb Economy in New York: Lucrative but Often Unlawful by benastan on Monday November 04, 2013 @11:53PM (#6673280)
I agree. It's clear that (1) hotels aren't worth the cost; (2) people would rather 'live like locals'; and (3) distributing hotel management & maintenance is more effective that concentrating it in giant hotels.

Not to mention that the booking experience on Airbnb is way better than using the counterparts of hotels and hotel booking sites.

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