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by biztos 2232 days ago
I’m not downvoting, but you do realize that subletting while out of town is both rent-seeking and distorting the hotel market, right?
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If it's your primary residence that you live in for e.g. 80% of the year and you swap with other primary residences or actually stay in normal hotels when travelling, I can't see any distortion there.

Not trying to apologize for hosts or hotels in particular, I just feel like primary residence swapping is pretty harmless. Also, if hotel licenses are required, how is adding more hotels distorting the hotel market other than adding a tiny amount of fair and regulated competition?