Article Paris could pull 43k Airbnb Listings by June

[Cameron]

FYI -- from CNN Traveler

"If you're worried about an upcoming reservation at an Airbnb in Paris, message your host to confirm they've got a tax ID. If your host doesn’t have the 13-digit number, he or she is likely operating an illegal rental, regardless of the decision in the lawsuit."

 

[Pauline]

This will make hotels in Paris happy, but will upset many travelers I think!

 

[joe]

This will make hotels in Paris happy, but will upset many travelers I think!

What will most likely happen is that regulation taxes or fees imposed by cities on AirBnb accommodation owners will raise the price of this type of accommodation a bit, but AirBnB's strength is the experience it offers. The platform's users will be willing to pay a bit more for this, and IAC this extra cost can be compensated for by the decreasing of other travel-related expenses, such as flights. Tourism is on the rise everywhere. Even in Greater Paris, 39 new hotels opened in 2016.
The only thing that might seriously put a dent in the amount of rooms available on the AirBnB platform, is regulation that would not allow renting accommodations out for less than a month.

 

[Shannon]

There are quite a few rentals out there now that have received the registration number. It has less to do with paying taxes and more to do with a law put in place to keep the whole city from turning into one big vacation rental. The crazy thing is, there are a lot of AirBnB listings and other vacation rentals that were clearly breaking the law, but the city still seemed to want the tax revenue they could get from AirBnB, It is a bit of a mess. It has taken them a long time to really crack down on it.

The sad thing is there are a lot of good agencies who have been renting for years that will also have problems getting the number. There are a number of criteria you have to meet and it is French bureaucracy at its best.

The law should also affect Nice I believe, but the folks in Nice do not enforce it.

 

[veronicafrance]

The only thing that might seriously put a dent in the amount of rooms available on the AirBnB platform, is regulation that would not allow renting accommodations out for less than a month.

There already are regulations along those lines in Paris and have been for many years. Historically they haven't been enforced, but vacation rentals have become such a problem in some areas that the Mairie has started cracking down. The policy on AirBnB is part of that. You can understand people objecting when what was once an apartment building with long-term neighbours becomes a place where there are strangers with free access to the building clattering up and down stairs with suitcases at all hours. Plus making homes in central Paris unaffordable for average working people.

I agree that a better policy from the Mairie would be to require proper registration and taxing of tourist lets, and enforcement of safety regulations. The current situation means agencies try to operate under the radar, which brings its own problems.

 

[Sunflower]

So now it's illegal to stay with airbnb host in Paris? But even they don't have tax ID, can we still book without problem?

 

[veronicafrance]

So now it's illegal to stay with airbnb host in Paris? But even they don't have tax ID, can we still book without problem?

There are different rules depending on whether the landlord is renting out their own home (all or part) or has an apartment purely for renting to tourists (the latter being strictly speaking illegal in most circumstances).

 

[joe]

If anyone's looking for a good read on the pros and cons of what AirBnB is causing in the cities, the following might interest (emphasis on the US) :
https://www.curbed.com/2016/11/10/13582982/airbnb-laws-us-cities