With plenty of available vacation rentals, Airbnb and other vacation rental platforms are still open for business and totally ignoring the mandates that caused hotels and other law-abiding businesses to close shop. Instead of complying with the regulations to stop the spread of the virus, Airbnb is complaining about how sad it is that they might not be able to go public this year and expand their multi billion business. Well, here is a piece…
While hotels are following the orders to shut their doors it is still very easy to find Airbnbs also in buildings that do not allow vacation rentals. We did a ransom search on vacation rental listings in Miami, where the virus at the moment is hitting extremely hard. The dates we tried to book were April 10- April 14. Here is what we found: VRBO. While VRBO has blocked all vacation rentals until May 2.…
Airbnb and all the other vacation rental services need to do their part and completely shut down for at least 30 days. The virus is spreading like a wildfire and new numbers from Airdna show how people are fleeing from the sickest areas of the country to the healthiest. This map is made on data from Airdna and published in The Real Deal, New York. When compared with the data public Coronavirus data it…
Airbnb gets involved in all parts of the business and should also not allow hosts to rent out units in buildings that can prove that they do not allow vacation rentals. In wake of the worldwide pandemic Airbnb has updated their “Extenuating Circumstances” policy and now travelers are can get refunds for bookings to be executed between March 14 to April 14, 2020. The money comes from hosts, so Airbnb is actually simply making the…
In the state of crisis where everybody is trying to contain the world spread Corona virus, Airbnb goes against the stream, refusing people refunds and encouraging hosts to keep on renting their homes to strangers. Obviously, hotels and and short term rental businesses need to consult their conscious in this severe time of crises, but scrupulous people should be shut down and Airbnb should be a front runner in the effort. There are many, many…
Airbnb is “monitoring” the Corona situation, but is that enough? Obviously, the outbreak of Corona Virus is bad for the vacation rental industry. However, public heath and safety is more important than private business and Airbnb should know that. When Airbnb encourage people to rent their homes out to strangers they need to acknowledge the risk of easily spreading the virus. However, all Airbnb is doing is closing listings in severely hit areas in China…
A new law will make municipal Airbnb regulation illegal Most likely bill SB1128 will soon become law. A law that prohibits municipalities in Florida from regulating Airbnb. The bill received a heavy YES vote in committee and will not go the Senate floor where it is expected to be agreed upon. So, what does that mean to people who do not want their homes and common areas invaded by tourists, partying frat brothers and other…
