How can it when all you ever hear on Radio and Tv is..great way to earn some extra money! GRRRRRR.... My hosting company owner sent me a link to their page and asked if I knew about it and to tell my B & B clients. WHAT THE???? I sure told him.
Yeah this "directory" was wanting in on the linkedin B&B group. I BET! Funny name tho considering the AIR incident that made the news a year or so ago...EmptyNest said:How can it when all you ever hear on Radio and Tv is..great way to earn some extra money! GRRRRRR.... My hosting company owner sent me a link to their page and asked if I knew about it and to tell my B & B clients. WHAT THE???? I sure told him
the problem is the vast majority don't have permits, food safety, insurance, inspections or pay taxes - they can be much cheaper than we can as they don't have to pay for all these things - I pay $6000 VAT alone per quarter which most of them avoid - we believe in a level playing field if you want to behave like a B&B then you should play by all the rules we have to as well.you all talk in code all the time. most of the time, I can decipher it. I'm so lost. ok. so there is a web group that matches travelers with homeowners who want to rent rooms. ok, so what is the AIR incident? not enough info to look it up.
and I agree the homeowners are not professional innkeepers, but why do we dislike them so?
signed, naive newbie.
the problem is the vast majority don't have permits, food safety, insurance, inspections or pay taxes - they can be much cheaper than we can as they don't have to pay for all these things - I pay $6000 VAT alone per quarter which most of them avoid - we believe in a level playing field if you want to behave like a B&B then you should play by all the rules we have to as well.you all talk in code all the time. most of the time, I can decipher it. I'm so lost. ok. so there is a web group that matches travelers with homeowners who want to rent rooms. ok, so what is the AIR incident? not enough info to look it up.
and I agree the homeowners are not professional innkeepers, but why do we dislike them so?
signed, naive newbie.
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gotcha. In my town you need a permit to be a B&B "home" meaning renting fewer than 3 rooms. The difference is only in the zoning. Not in the permitting or regulation. I guess these people are flying under the tax radar.[email protected] said:the problem is the vast majority don't have permits, food safety, insurance, inspections or pay taxes - they can be much cheaper than we can as they don't have to pay for all these things - I pay $6000 VAT alone per quarter which most of them avoid - we believe in a level playing field if you want to behave like a B&B then you should play by all the rules we have to as well.
the problem is the vast majority don't have permits, food safety, insurance, inspections or pay taxes - they can be much cheaper than we can as they don't have to pay for all these things - I pay $6000 VAT alone per quarter which most of them avoid - we believe in a level playing field if you want to behave like a B&B then you should play by all the rules we have to as well.you all talk in code all the time. most of the time, I can decipher it. I'm so lost. ok. so there is a web group that matches travelers with homeowners who want to rent rooms. ok, so what is the AIR incident? not enough info to look it up.
and I agree the homeowners are not professional innkeepers, but why do we dislike them so?
signed, naive newbie.
.gotcha. In my town you need a permit to be a B&B "home" meaning renting fewer than 3 rooms. The difference is only in the zoning. Not in the permitting or regulation. I guess these people are flying under the tax radar.[email protected] said:the problem is the vast majority don't have permits, food safety, insurance, inspections or pay taxes - they can be much cheaper than we can as they don't have to pay for all these things - I pay $6000 VAT alone per quarter which most of them avoid - we believe in a level playing field if you want to behave like a B&B then you should play by all the rules we have to as well.
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This was just in my innbox, perfect timing on the subject:TheBeachHouse said:gotcha. In my town you need a permit to be a B&B "home" meaning renting fewer than 3 rooms. The difference is only in the zoning. Not in the permitting or regulation. I guess these people are flying under the tax radar.[email protected] said:the problem is the vast majority don't have permits, food safety, insurance, inspections or pay taxes - they can be much cheaper than we can as they don't have to pay for all these things - I pay $6000 VAT alone per quarter which most of them avoid - we believe in a level playing field if you want to behave like a B&B then you should play by all the rules we have to as well.
not just the tax radar - the everything radar!the problem is the vast majority don't have permits, food safety, insurance, inspections or pay taxes - they can be much cheaper than we can as they don't have to pay for all these things - I pay $6000 VAT alone per quarter which most of them avoid - we believe in a level playing field if you want to behave like a B&B then you should play by all the rules we have to as well.you all talk in code all the time. most of the time, I can decipher it. I'm so lost. ok. so there is a web group that matches travelers with homeowners who want to rent rooms. ok, so what is the AIR incident? not enough info to look it up.
and I agree the homeowners are not professional innkeepers, but why do we dislike them so?
signed, naive newbie.
.gotcha. In my town you need a permit to be a B&B "home" meaning renting fewer than 3 rooms. The difference is only in the zoning. Not in the permitting or regulation. I guess these people are flying under the tax radar.[email protected] said:the problem is the vast majority don't have permits, food safety, insurance, inspections or pay taxes - they can be much cheaper than we can as they don't have to pay for all these things - I pay $6000 VAT alone per quarter which most of them avoid - we believe in a level playing field if you want to behave like a B&B then you should play by all the rules we have to as well.
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you all talk in code all the time. most of the time, I can decipher it. I'm so lost. ok. so there is a web group that matches travelers with homeowners who want to rent rooms. ok, so what is the AIR incident? not enough info to look it up.
and I agree the homeowners are not professional innkeepers, but why do we dislike them so?
signed, naive newbie.
The 'Air' incident refers to a few horrendous stories coming out of the air bnb franchise. Homeowners having their homes ransacked and all of their valuables stolen, guests being robbed and assaulted, NYC declaring these were sublets and therefore illegal (along with declaring B&B's in general to be illegal), apartment renters being fined thousands of dollars for flouting the rules.TheBeachHouse said:you all talk in code all the time. most of the time, I can decipher it. I'm so lost. ok. so there is a web group that matches travelers with homeowners who want to rent rooms. ok, so what is the AIR incident? not enough info to look it up.
and I agree the homeowners are not professional innkeepers, but why do we dislike them so?
signed, naive newbie
Uh oh...thanks it is on right now. Hope I didn't miss it yetJust heard on the radio that National Public Radio is running a report this afternoon about "air blank n blank", saying some are using it as a way to help with their rent, but it's largely illegal.
More details on this afternoon's "All Things Considered" program. Hope I get to hear it!.
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