Post by catchafire on Oct 11, 2015 6:05:06 GMT
Airbnb has certainly shaken up the the traditional hotel/motel market!
Here in NZ, the local hotel industry has only just woken up to the Airbnb "threat" and now there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Not that it amounts to very much so far. NZ laws allow home owners to rent out rooms and there is no definition that can be used to differentiate between Airbnb type activity and short term rental.
However it has not stopped the Hotel and Motel Asso trying to discredit us at every opportunity.
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/279358/moteliers-fear-airbnb-taking-business
So they have now stooped to low tactics, our Airbnb NZ host group on Facebook was recently infiltrated (for want of a better word) by a special investigator posing as a Airbnb host. Alarm bells started ringing when the investigator started asking questions trying to trip us up on things like Tax and fire safety. A quick check against the users name via Linkedin soon showed her true credentials (should of hired someone a bit more professional). Not a biggie for us in NZ, but shows that people are actively working against us.
After reading about some hosts experiences in different countries. Just wondered if you tell us about what it is like in your part of the world?
Here in NZ, the local hotel industry has only just woken up to the Airbnb "threat" and now there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Not that it amounts to very much so far. NZ laws allow home owners to rent out rooms and there is no definition that can be used to differentiate between Airbnb type activity and short term rental.
However it has not stopped the Hotel and Motel Asso trying to discredit us at every opportunity.
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/279358/moteliers-fear-airbnb-taking-business
So they have now stooped to low tactics, our Airbnb NZ host group on Facebook was recently infiltrated (for want of a better word) by a special investigator posing as a Airbnb host. Alarm bells started ringing when the investigator started asking questions trying to trip us up on things like Tax and fire safety. A quick check against the users name via Linkedin soon showed her true credentials (should of hired someone a bit more professional). Not a biggie for us in NZ, but shows that people are actively working against us.
After reading about some hosts experiences in different countries. Just wondered if you tell us about what it is like in your part of the world?
