[quickthrower2]

Airbnb is nothing like letting property though. Letting property involves bonds and background checks. There are no cleaners fees, different people coming and going. Letting a place out is easier than Airbnb and a management agency can do a lot of it for you. It’s also generally a legal thing to do and not in violation of agreements you have with other tenants or management of an apartment block or the council or city.

[mytailorisrich]

Using Airbnb is letting property. As I commented, owners ignore this at their peril.

If you are bound by covenants not to let or sublet then using AirBnb would definitely be a breach.

[quickthrower2]

Edit:

You are technically correct. AirBnB is letting/renting in the broad definition. This broad definition also includes renting a Jackhammer from a trade store, or using one of those pay as you go scooters on the street.

However to use such a broad definition, I am not sure what your original point was.

My point is that there is a big difference between "letting" as what it normally refers to in this context - a lease agreement for people to live in a residential property, with tenants rights implied, and some law covering this area and AirBnB which is more like a hotel service.