Lisa in Ottawa
500+ Posts
Well, on the news today the Quebec Provincial government is debating imposing taxes on airbnb owners similar to hotel taxes. This after strenuous lobbying from hotel association. Personally I think that's too draconian. But I think the rental agencies who pretend they're individual owners need to be weeded out somehow.
They are fairly easy to spot. Same picture for many different listing. Almost identical wording...
I guess governments/ municiplities are scrambling to keep up with the changing times.
I'm amazed how many people use Airbnb. People I never thought would take a risk, who don't travel much, all ages. think it's easy for them to go to 1 source and they may think they're gettinga taste of a local ma and pa venture but that isn't necessarily the case. Obviously filling a niche.
The owner of the apartment we stayed in in Rome(who has stellar reviews on ST) advertises in Airbnb, Vrbo and Homeaway.
Now Uber I don't get.. Why would you get into a totally unregulated vehcle with a driver you don't know and no real recourse if something happens. Regulated cabbies have training, identification, spend $ on their vehcles, you can see their number posted, are usually metered etc.
No one has adequately explained to me the draw of Uber. To save time? To save $. Too funny when one of the first things your we've read and been told that when arriving at airport in a country such as Mexico is make sure the cab is legit and metered. Now everything goes.
Thoughts? That's my rant!
They are fairly easy to spot. Same picture for many different listing. Almost identical wording...
I guess governments/ municiplities are scrambling to keep up with the changing times.
I'm amazed how many people use Airbnb. People I never thought would take a risk, who don't travel much, all ages. think it's easy for them to go to 1 source and they may think they're gettinga taste of a local ma and pa venture but that isn't necessarily the case. Obviously filling a niche.
The owner of the apartment we stayed in in Rome(who has stellar reviews on ST) advertises in Airbnb, Vrbo and Homeaway.
Now Uber I don't get.. Why would you get into a totally unregulated vehcle with a driver you don't know and no real recourse if something happens. Regulated cabbies have training, identification, spend $ on their vehcles, you can see their number posted, are usually metered etc.
No one has adequately explained to me the draw of Uber. To save time? To save $. Too funny when one of the first things your we've read and been told that when arriving at airport in a country such as Mexico is make sure the cab is legit and metered. Now everything goes.
Thoughts? That's my rant!