There are plenty of shared spaces (owner is renting out an extra bedroom, etc..), and a few close to a classic B&B (house with several rooms rented out with few frills). Even a lot of the places renting the full place out tend to be people who are flexible in where they stay (they crash at the significant other's place or something), or they tend to only have a couple places. There are certainly cases of people managing pseudo-hotels, but I've used the service for years and I've never stumbled on to any.
Re:The “Sharing Economy” Is the Problem
by seanmcdirmid on Monday July 06, 2015 @11:21PM
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My only experience is in Paris and Japan. Paris makes sense since the tourist volume is so high. Tokyo is a bit strange, however.
Is that really true? My limited experience with AirBnB seemed to be that providers were in it full time. That wasn't an apartment they used themselves, they are literally acting as alternatives to hotels.