Hosting in Hawaii

[Mindy13]

Aloha 

    I recently posted a room on this site to see if it was something that I could possibly do for a living and found that the Air Bnb site exceeded my expectations and worked really well. The fees charged were reasonable for the valuable exposure I recieved. I then decided that I would try to pursue this as a means of earning a living. I contacted the proper government agencies to get whatever license or permit I would need to be in complience with the law. I must honestly say, the information and paper work they asked for proved to be to much for me. I thought to myself, I am only one person trying to rent out two bedrooms that will only sleep four people at a house that has been here for more than thirty years and has had that many people here on many occasions, so, why do I need an environmental impact statement? Even big companies have lawyers to help them figure out this beurocratic mountain of paperwork. on top of all that, even if I did jump through all the hoops they required me to, there was no gaurantee that I would get the permits. I would also have to pay fileing fees that could also be lost to me if they denied my application. For fear of beating my own head against a brick wall I sadly took down the listing on your wonderful web site. I truly believe that Air BnB has been trying to help people like me here in Hawaii. Big Buisiness and Big Government are to heavy a weight for just one home owner with a couple of rooms. I hope the efforts your AirBnB company has made will one day prevail for all us little guys. 

                 Mahalo Air BnB

[Alexandra224]

Hello Mindy!, i'm sorry to read that, i'm not really aware of the situation there, why don't you keep your listing on?, you have been doing it for a while, as i understand, and neve had a problem, why do you have one now?

Regards.