<div dir="ltr">My original intent in this post was to determine what tags to use in describing the guest house as an AirBnB venue. The issue of legality hadn't really occurred to me.<div><br></div><div>If it turns out that such places are legitimate to tag, how should I indicate that they are "administered" through AirBnB? The AirBnB connection isn't a franchise in the usual sense, nor does AirBnB "operate" those venues. AirBnB takes a percentage of the rent from the owner when the reservation is made through the AirBnB website but AFAIK the owner is also free to rent the place separately.</div><div><br></div><div>I think I will defer adding any of them until the issue of legality is resolved. I will also talk to some hosts and look at the AirBnB terms of agreement to get a better feel for the type of contract involved in the arrangement between the parties.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Andy Townsend <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajt1047@gmail.com" target="_blank">ajt1047@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 19/03/2016 04:41, Dave Swarthout wrote:<br>
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I'm looking for a consistent way to tag AirBnB locations. It's probably sufficient to tag them as tourism=guest_house but personally as one who frequently uses AirBnB<br>
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It'll depend on the individual location, won't it? Some I'm sure will be essentially normal guest houses who just happen to do most or all of their business via AirBnB; some will be occasionally-let rooms in private houses that most certainly aren't. Presumably the usual OSM guidelines apply - when you visit a place you decide how best to categorise it?<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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