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Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new home-share law

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Re: Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new home-share law

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Post by kevining »

nngrey wrote: post #164
pmiller2 wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The last few times I was tempted to use Airbnb for stays of around a week, I found the price to be comparable to hotels in the area. I ended up getting a hotel, because I wanted my stay to be managed by professionals.

I'm also doubtful about the management of hosts. Yesterday, an Airbnb Superhost cancelled my upcoming reservation without explanation. I booked with a hotel and saved about $25. Airbnb has been my first choice for awhile. I think it is going to be my back up choice for the near future.

I had the same issue. An Airbnb host cancelled our reservation the day before our booking was supposed to start and Airbnb didn't help us out at all. We ended up paying quite a bit more for a hotel, but after going through that I'm happy to pay more in the future for professionalism and a guaranteed bed.

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Post by Xylakant »

xapata wrote: post #199
Xylakant wrote: post #165

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Neighbor stays and is subject to enforcement, AirBnB guest leaves and isn’t.

The owner or tenant is subject to enforcement and pays the consequences of their guests actions.

Sure. Which would be what exactly? He can’t have a license revoked since he’s not having one.

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Post by xapata »

Xylakant wrote: post #202
xapata wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The owner or tenant is subject to enforcement and pays the consequences of their guests actions.

Sure. Which would be what exactly? He can’t have a license revoked since he’s not having one.

I meant "pay" in the literal sense of paying a fine.

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Post by icebraining »

star-castle wrote: post #142
icebraining wrote: post #49

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What happened when you complained to Uber?

How? Uber is a current-year tech company. Like Google, there technically is a support line that technically exists, but just forget about it. I called Uber 10 times, in Houston. Got scammed 5 times. Part of the "the driver just keeps driving and never acknowledges letting you out of the car" scam is that the app takes the same approach to "uh, I'm not in the car anymore" as it does to "uh, I would like to complain to…

there technically is a support line that technically exists, but just forget about it.

That's not my experience; I've complained three times over the years, and I always got my money back.

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Post by nacho2sweet »

bmelton wrote: post #193
nacho2sweet wrote: post #180

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Being a tourist and tourism is a luxury. Having affordable housing is a right.

Not that it's on-topic, but both are rights, and to be more specific, both are negatively asserted rights; which are (at least in America) rights to which nobody else has the obligation to assist you with, but to which nobody in the government may interfere. Whether or not we regard one right as more important than the other (and to be fair, we absolutely should), that doesn't change that nobody else is obligated to…

One side is going to come with pitchforks, increase racial tension, or vote in an extreme populist while the other is just not gonna come around. Also I am Canadian, it has been stated it is a human right here.

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Post by TillE »

jseliger wrote: post #189
9387367 wrote: post #39

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I live in London and a couple of years ago several of my neighbours had their flats on Airbnb, then my upstairs neighbour got married, moved out and had his flat on Airbnb, that was a massive burden on us as we suddenly went from one quiet neighbour from never knowing who was going to be living there to lots and lots of noise and weekend afterparties, luckily our council took action but only after my next door neighb…

Then I was priced out of where I had been living for 6 years Your problem is actually zoning, not Airbnb: https://www.vox.com/cards/affordable-housing-explained/affor...

London has many problems, but "zoning" (almost always seen from an American perspective) or lack of private development are not among them.

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Post by cwkoss »

sreyaNotfilc wrote: post #197
Fede_V wrote: post #102

I think this is an interesting and unintended consequence of AirBnB not investing nearly on filtering their users. AirBnB obviously was interested in getting their product used by as many people as people (growth at all costs) - but this had the effect of getting a lot of young, cost conscious people to take holidays in area that were traditionally residential. While most AirBnB renters are polite and respectful, eno…

Well, you've already answered my question before I made a random response. I was going to ask "Why are there laws against people making money?", but it make sense. Residential areas are for residents, not commerce. There should be a place for folks to relax around their contemporaries without having to deal with knowing that their environment may change from day to day. I would say, perhaps there should be a compromi…

I think part of the issue is that AirBnb is probably not very good at catching a banned user making a new account.

I don't think they ask for users' IDs. Presumably anyone could sign up with a fake name and a prepaid credit card, act wild, get banned, and repeat the process.

Determining the identity of an online user can be pretty hard. AirBnB doesn't want to add verification steps that will cause attrition in the rental pipeline, so they'd rather do nothing than do a little and be seen as failing at it.

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Post by bmelton »

nacho2sweet wrote: post #205
bmelton wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not that it's on-topic, but both are rights, and to be more specific, both are negatively asserted rights; which are (at least in America) rights to which nobody else has the obligation to assist you with, but to which nobody in the government may interfere. Whether or not we regard one right as more important than the other (and to be fair, we absolutely should), that doesn't change that nobody else is obligated to…

One side is going to come with pitchforks, increase racial tension, or vote in an extreme populist while the other is just not gonna come around. Also I am Canadian, it has been stated it is a human right here.

Negative assertion doesn't imply tacit vs. explicitly stated, it implies whether the government is obligated to provide you with it to ensure your right is served.

In America, for example, the right to legal counsel is positively asserted. "If you do not have a lawyer, we will provide one for you." Most other rights, including those explicitly enumerated in the constitution, are negatively asserted. We have the right to keep and bear arms, but it is encumbent on no one to aid me in that right, only the government may not interfere.

What does Canada (or your province) do to ensure that all housing prices are kept to affordability?

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Post by ferongr »

distances wrote: post #172
StavrosK wrote: post #137

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The situation in Greece is very different, as everything is a highrise (sadly, because we tore down a lot of beautiful centuries-old antique villas to do that). The situation used to be much better, but the start of the problem coincides suspiciously with the rise of AirBnB, and you'd expect housing prices to drop in a recession, not rise. That's why I think it's fair to blame AirBnB for that. We'll see what happens…

But apartments in Athens are very affordable still, aren't they?

Yes, as well as rents. A 1BR apartment can be as low as 150€/mo or even a bit lower. It's only a few "hip" neighborhoods that are affected. Still, Athens is relatively compact and mass transit is excellent so you can easily find cheap places to live that are require less than 30 minutes of commute each way to work.

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Post by padthai »

cwkoss wrote: post #207
sreyaNotfilc wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, you've already answered my question before I made a random response. I was going to ask "Why are there laws against people making money?", but it make sense. Residential areas are for residents, not commerce. There should be a place for folks to relax around their contemporaries without having to deal with knowing that their environment may change from day to day. I would say, perhaps there should be a compromi…

I think part of the issue is that AirBnb is probably not very good at catching a banned user making a new account. I don't think they ask for users' IDs. Presumably anyone could sign up with a fake name and a prepaid credit card, act wild, get banned, and repeat the process. Determining the identity of an online user can be pretty hard. AirBnB doesn't want to add verification steps that will cause attrition in the re…

I had to upload a a national id or passport when I registered.
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