In the municipality of South Lake Tahoe in California, officials have created specific processes for property owners who want to rent a property for less than 30 days. These types of short-term rentals are often advertised on services like Airbnb or VRBO. One of the reasons that city leaders make these sorts of rules is that a[…]
Hollywood, California is a world-renowned tourist attraction. Each year, visitors from all over the world flood into the city to see its unique sites and sample this fascinating part of Los Angeles culture. That has led to some chaos in the local housing market, as services like Airbnb became popular and started to facilitate greater[…]
Many parts of Minnesota have strict rules on short term rentals or sublets of under 30 days, such as agreements signed by property owners who use services like Airbnb and VRBO to rent out homes and properties to vacationers. Now, anticipating the Superbowl coming to the area in 2018, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St.[…]
Disney attractions in Orlando, Florida bring floods of visitors to the area each year — all of those people who are looking to visit Mickey, Minnie and friends, are looking for the best and most affordable places to stay. Disney hotels can be budget-busters, so some visitors consider short term rentals or Airbnb sublets. Airbnb[…]
Prior to the arrival of the NBA Finals and the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio in July 2016, Cuyahoga County passed a short-term rental bill that requires Airbnb to collect a 5.5% County lodging tax. Just in the nick of time, the City of Cleveland also passed a 3% transient occupancy tax on hotel rooms[…]
Myrtle Beach is one of the popular tourist beach cities that has acted to ban some Airbnb sublets in residential neighborhoods. In 2016, the first step was to change the definition of short term rental from 30 days to 90 in “every pure residential zone ” to put city law in line with state law.[…]