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Maryland Bill Seeks to Drive Out Airbnb, Other Hotel Competition
The Daily Signal ^ | March 21, 2018 | Romina Boccia and Lauren Bowman

Posted on 03/22/2018 12:31:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: Mears

I’ve never used it. A couple of my kids frequently use it and love it.


21 posted on 03/22/2018 1:31:31 PM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Glenmore

We use them a lot and have not yet had a bad experience —wish I could say the same for hotels which seem to be every month or so I get a bad one.

When we moved last time I was able to rent our previous house out enough on airbnb to cover some of the upkeep and it made a huge difference.

What I dont get is people who claim to be conservative/freedom oriented/small government who have such problems with people doing as they wish with their own property.


22 posted on 03/22/2018 1:35:03 PM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: Glenmore

We use them a lot and have not yet had a bad experience —wish I could say the same for hotels which seem to be every month or so I get a bad one.

When we moved last time I was able to rent our previous house out enough on airbnb to cover some of the upkeep and it made a huge difference.

What I dont get is people who claim to be conservative/freedom oriented/small government who have such problems with people doing as they wish with their own property.


23 posted on 03/22/2018 1:35:04 PM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: beergarden

Three bedrooms and a full kitchen ...


24 posted on 03/22/2018 1:40:54 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I hope you Terrapins ban Uber and Lyft while you’re at it.


25 posted on 03/22/2018 2:19:49 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Fido969

“I think AirBNB is dying a natural death.”

And if it is, it will. Dragging in the government will not help. It never does.


26 posted on 03/22/2018 2:36:06 PM PDT by beelzepug (The permanent political class that runs this country is...the great(est) danger we face)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The Patel Cartel is not happy.


27 posted on 03/22/2018 2:37:52 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: KC_for_Freedom

Some condos associations don’t allow it———better check the condo docs first.

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28 posted on 03/22/2018 2:39:04 PM PDT by Mears
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To: logi_cal869
However, I will NEVER use an AirBNB. Too many unknowns and I’m not going down the list of risks here, which AirBNB addresses at their website.
29 posted on 03/22/2018 2:39:16 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Mears

I think a big problem is that even if homeowners are specific in whom they will rent to sooner or later somebody is going to challenge any restrictions as being discrimination of one form or the other. Don’t want a group of rowdy college kids? Too bad. Don’t want a couple that just gives you the creeps? Too bad.

Right now the law figures if it walks like a hotel, quacks like a hotel.. well you have a hotel so laws governing hotels would be applied if any issues arise. And those laws would likely end up not favoring a homeowner.

I don’t know the answer but it would need to protect the homeowner as well as make sure the residential character of a neighborhood is preserved. The rules should be locally drafted and implemented. But if enough problems arise the state will step in.


30 posted on 03/22/2018 2:45:09 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Glenmore

Just read this ...

nobody gets my SSN, not even AirBNB


31 posted on 03/22/2018 2:45:20 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: lastchance

In this case the owner bought the home JUST TO RENT through Airbnb———a residential street in one of the most affluent towns in MA.

Frightening.

https://theswellesleyreport.com/2017/09/party-off-wellesley-neighbors-upset-by-airbnb-dance-club/

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32 posted on 03/22/2018 2:57:31 PM PDT by Mears
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To: lastchance

Lol!


33 posted on 03/22/2018 3:04:31 PM PDT by Midnitethecat
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
this is our capitalist country...crooked capitalistic...

a startup with a good idea that serves people and is a wonderful instrument for families is going to get a colonoscopy from the big boys because the startups are taking business away...

crony crooked capitalism...

capitalism is only for the elite rich to claim, and no one else...

34 posted on 03/22/2018 3:06:13 PM PDT by cherry
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To: musicman

That makes Spirit airlines look good by comparison.


35 posted on 03/22/2018 3:08:43 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Rome2000

36 posted on 03/22/2018 3:13:47 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: Manuel OKelley
What I don't get is people who claim to be conservative/freedom oriented/small government who have such problems with people doing as they wish with their own property.

I agree, but there are a lot of nan-state conservative NIMBY types also. You can spot them by their support for HOA's.

37 posted on 03/22/2018 3:23:08 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: packrat35

that’s nanny-state


38 posted on 03/22/2018 3:25:03 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Mears

Horrid people doing horrid things. Yecch. One simple solution if it is not your principle residence it just ain’t a BNB suitable for SFR zoning. Hello Mr. Fire Marshall. Hello Mr. Tax Certificate Guy. Hello ADA Compliance Gal. Hello Parking Enforcement Wench. Hello Health Department Lady. Hello Liquor License Czar. What? That’s too much? So sad, your bad, bye!!!


39 posted on 03/22/2018 5:00:08 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: packrat35

Written like somebody who has not come up against the absolute pretty much impossible to challenge of having so called sober homes spring up all over their and nearby neighborhoods.


40 posted on 03/22/2018 5:02:10 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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