We're potentially looking at a similar debacle happening here in Dublin this summer.
New regs are (allegedly) being introduced on June 1st, yet nobody - not the Govt, not Dublin City Council, and certainly not Airbnb - will confirm or deny that they're going ahead. A 90 day cap has been proposed for owner-occupied listings only, with mandatory registration, but nobody knows whether the 90 days will be counted from Jan 1st, or from June 1st, and no registration process has even been set up yet.
One thing's for sure, if we do all get shut down in June, there are going to be thousands of heartbroken guests, and absolute pandemonium, because there's a major shortage of hotel rooms in Dublin at the best of times, so there literally won't be enough spaces in the entire city to rehouse all those whose holidays have suddenly been cancelled at the last minute (even if they could afford the extortionate prices charged by Dublin hotels)
Meanwhile, with only weeks to go until the deadline, Airbnb continues to aggressively recruit brand new hosts here, offering an unprecedented €300 referral fee, and even guaranteeing up to €1000 earnings for fresh hosts who sign up now, regardless of the fact that there's a good chance that their guests' long-planned holidays may very well turn into a complete nightmare. Classy, as always.
