Post by High Priestess on Jun 18, 2019 14:23:03 GMT
Fairbnb began by criticizing Airbnb. It actually began as a lobby group formed in part by hotel interests, see here:
fairbnb.ca/
It now has started its own STR platform, which will be cooperatively owned not corporate, and will address local concerns. They limit hosts to having only ONE listing on their platform, and in some regions, being responsible to local concerns may mean not allowing anyone who isn't a resident of that city to list a vacation rental in the city, to avoid income from local properties being funneled to foreign investors.
So Fairbnb would restrict hosts' ability to list on their platform, even prohibiting them from doing STRs in a way that are fully in accordance with local law. So if you'd like to be even more restricted than your nation, state, city and Airbnb already restrict you, maybe you'd like Fairbnb.
www.yesmagazine.org/issues/travel/airbnb-co-op-local-communities-gentrification-20190613
fairbnb.coop/
www.forbes.com/sites/annalisagirardi/2019/03/21/fairbnb-the-ethical-home-sharing-alternative-that-wants-to-undermine-mass-tourism/#5ab3a41e3878
A statement from a Fairbnb founder:
fairbnb.ca/
It now has started its own STR platform, which will be cooperatively owned not corporate, and will address local concerns. They limit hosts to having only ONE listing on their platform, and in some regions, being responsible to local concerns may mean not allowing anyone who isn't a resident of that city to list a vacation rental in the city, to avoid income from local properties being funneled to foreign investors.
So Fairbnb would restrict hosts' ability to list on their platform, even prohibiting them from doing STRs in a way that are fully in accordance with local law. So if you'd like to be even more restricted than your nation, state, city and Airbnb already restrict you, maybe you'd like Fairbnb.
www.yesmagazine.org/issues/travel/airbnb-co-op-local-communities-gentrification-20190613
fairbnb.coop/
www.forbes.com/sites/annalisagirardi/2019/03/21/fairbnb-the-ethical-home-sharing-alternative-that-wants-to-undermine-mass-tourism/#5ab3a41e3878
A statement from a Fairbnb founder:
The platform will allow locals to put on offer rooms, full apartments and houses, locally owned hotels and B&B, even camping sites and farmhouses. However, they will have to strictly follow local regulations and, on top of that, abide by fairbn.coop sustainability rules that have been agreed by the local node. For example, in Venice hosts can only be residents and, in the case of full apartments, the owner can have only one secondary house on the touristic market all year around. This has been decided in order to maximize the positive economic effect on the resident population that pays taxes locally and to promote a circular economy. We believe it is also a much more meaningful experience for tourists that will know that they are actually going to live in a house that belongs to a local family. Other cities may follow different rules and there could be exceptions but in general, the golden rule of 1 house for 1 resident host will be suggested worldwide.