Reply To: We warned Edinburgh about Airbnb – now they want curbs

It’s quite remarkable how many short-term letting listings, around the world, disappear as soon as any form of registration is required – a sure sign that the hosts either shouldn’t be doing it or have been doing it but not paying tax or the appropriate rates and insurances.

Apparently the next big challenge will be aggregation services taking in much smaller online letting sites which will give broader coverage  but will be harder to control due to it being harder to identify which website is ultimately responsible for the listing.