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In response to "What in the world is this? -- nm" by Roo

Peer to peer home/apartment/room rentals. You rent your place (or a room) to someone else for a day/days/week -- (link)

Posted by ty97 Oct 16 '14, 06:25

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbnb (en.wikipedia.org)

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as a renter am I paying city tourism tax? hotel tax? etc? - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:28 14
- That's one of the main (potentially fair) complaints. These rentals should probably be subject to standard hotel taxes. -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:31
- no, no you are not. you are paying AirBnB a fee. but it is generally cheaper than hotels. - Andie Oct 16, 06:31 11
  - and which is why AG's are finding it illegal -- nm - decline Oct 16, 06:33 10
    - sure, that's a fair complaint (that's the hotel lobby freaking out.) -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:35 9
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        I guess the tricky part comes in deciding what part the service should play in collecting what the property owner is responsible for paying. - znufrii, borderline alcoholic Oct 16, 06:45 2
        
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        exactly. - znufrii, borderline alcoholic Oct 16, 06:55
        
        yup -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:40
      - In a city like NY, those hotel taxes are also important public revenue -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:36 3
        
        This is interesting. Airbnb is trying to collect those taxes, but can't. -- (link) - decline Oct 16, 06:40 2
        
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        that's a start. -- nm - znufrii, borderline alcoholic Oct 16, 06:46
- as a renter you are supposed to follow all local tax laws, but most don't -- nm - decline Oct 16, 06:30
(or vice versa, you rent a house/condo/room from someone else. It's like peer-to-peer hoteling, without the hotel) -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:26

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