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0 pointsPragmaticPulp4y ago0 comments

> They have to spend resources on the investigation, and build a pile of evidence. You think someone is gonna stake out every suspected violator for days on end?

The property is listed on AirBnB.com, where you get the address and the name of the person operating the AirBnB.

They don't need an elaborate sting operation. They just take the link, test book it through the website, confirm the address and name of the operator from the booking, and they have all the evidence they need. Hit up AirBnB for a refund (illegal rental) and it doesn't even cost them anything. Hour or two of work at most.

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heavyset_go4y ago

> The property is listed on AirBnB.com, where you get the address and the name of the person operating the AirBnB.

Owners play a shell game and will have property managers list their properties under their names or their employees' names, along with fake addresses that are only revealed via messages after booking.

jeromegv4y ago

Renting a space at an address and sending your renters to a separate address is a big no-no with Airbnb terms. Easy to detect as Airbnb sends mail to check and confirm where you live.

And Airbnb could not caution that game, they would get sued for falsified contracts.

greggman34y ago

Wrong! (unless they changed policy) It happened to me. AirBnB claimed it was policy to let the listing on AirBnB show the wrong location.

https://blog.greggman.com/blog/yet-more-airbnb-issues/

heavyset_go4y ago

Sounds like a nice theory, but I haven't stayed in an AirBnb in a major city where that wasn't the case.

dogorman4y ago

If they did this right it could be more lucrative for lazy revenue seeking cops than hiding behind overpasses waiting for speeders.

wonder_er4y ago

I still can't tell which is happening:

1. You're trolling us with masterfully-ported prohibition-era enforcement mechanisms 2. You consider yourself a prohibitionist (of alcohol, drugs, or airbnb) and are advocating for prohibition-style responses to AirBnB. 3. You don't consider yourself a prohibitionist, and don't see how your opposition to AirBnB (and recommended enforcement mechanisms) is very similar to prohibitionists opposition to alcohol sales.

Which one sounds closest? Would you propose a 4th option?

another-dave4y ago

Local authorities do licence checks on pubs and bars at the moment. If there was someone illegally running a pub out of their own house it would definitely be cracked down on in this way — does that mean that we currently have "prohibition-era enforcement" on alcohol too?

wonder_er4y ago

Yep. It's prohibition-lite, but still a holdover from that era.

rightbyte4y ago

Prohibitionist? Enforcing hotel regulations and zoning is not prohibiting hotels.

wonder_er4y ago

Unless the zoning prohibits hotels.

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heavyset_go4y ago

> The property is listed on AirBnB.com, where you get the address and the name of the person operating the AirBnB.

jeromegv4y ago

Renting a space at an address and sending your renters to a separate address is a big no-no with Airbnb terms. Easy to detect as Airbnb sends mail to check and confirm where you live.

And Airbnb could not caution that game, they would get sued for falsified contracts.

greggman34y ago

Wrong! (unless they changed policy) It happened to me. AirBnB claimed it was policy to let the listing on AirBnB show the wrong location.

https://blog.greggman.com/blog/yet-more-airbnb-issues/

heavyset_go4y ago

Sounds like a nice theory, but I haven't stayed in an AirBnb in a major city where that wasn't the case.

dogorman4y ago

If they did this right it could be more lucrative for lazy revenue seeking cops than hiding behind overpasses waiting for speeders.

wonder_er4y ago

I still can't tell which is happening:

Which one sounds closest? Would you propose a 4th option?

another-dave4y ago

wonder_er4y ago

Yep. It's prohibition-lite, but still a holdover from that era.

rightbyte4y ago

Prohibitionist? Enforcing hotel regulations and zoning is not prohibiting hotels.

wonder_er4y ago

Unless the zoning prohibits hotels.

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