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How are you certain that the host has not gone through the local permitting processes and is in a building that disallows STR's?
Well, aside from your issues above, "It's terrible for my neighbors, but I keep doing it, even though it's not much money" certainly isn't going to win any friends.
It's 8k pounds, though, which is a lot more than 8k dollars. Edit: I'm impressed how my bad reading comprehension spawned so many replies.
Airbnb guests constantly rent my place to party. It's been a problem for years, at both of my homes. I block many of them, but can't detect them all. The other day an airbnb guest held a party, and they trashed my neighbor's balcony (below mine). They need to get partying off the platform. It's terrible for neighbors and hosts, and it's not even much revenue; the partiers usually book for one night. Regular guests on…
It's sad that you abuse your neighbors by treating your home as an unlicensed hotel and allow random people in for short-term rentals without proper vetting or supervision. If I was your neighbor I would certainly complain to the HOA, complex management, or city code enforcement to have you fined or evicted. Hopefully you at least paid for the cleanup and repair, with some additional compensation for their trouble.
Bribes are generally illegal. This should be "compensates," not "bribes." "Bribes" is just hyperbole. This is standard practice for a lot of businesses in a similar space.
Instead of simply offering payment in exchange for the damage per their guarantee, they wanted something in return: Silence.
archive of page. adds were crashing my browser.
Why do people find it surprising that companies who exist mainly on the premise of ignoring laws/regulations they find inconvenient, won't eventually ignore laws/regulations that you think worthwhile (ie Uber and sexual harassment and AirBnb and paying for damages). In addition, I find it interesting that the host is only sending a bill for $8000. It seems as if he is only trying to get paid for his damages and not e…
It's 8k pounds, though, which is a lot more than 8k dollars. Edit: I'm impressed how my bad reading comprehension spawned so many replies.
No. "which came to a total cost of around £6,400 (about $8,000)" (from TFA). I'm arguing more for $50k+. The GBP/USD difference isn't significant. (For anything less than $10k or so, as long as it was at all substantiated, AirBNB should just pay -- at worst, ban the host. The PR hit from this article is probably $500k already?)
But if they've done this 12+ times, and "saved" ~$42k each time, then they're still ahead. It wouldn't surprise me.
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Loads of pubs, bars, hotels, village halls, restaurants etc rent out space for parties and events. This thing took place in London, a market which is reasonably well supplied with such things.
Yes, but I would rather use the Airbnb interface and Airbnb reputation system to book those spaces.
Bribes are generally illegal. This should be "compensates," not "bribes." "Bribes" is just hyperbole. This is standard practice for a lot of businesses in a similar space.
bribe would be accurate since they were offering payment outside their remediation process they setup. Instead of simply offering payment in exchange for the damage per their guarantee, they wanted something in return: Silence.