Hi everyone - I'm posting this here so that any other hosts in the Wellington, Florida area might be able to collaborate to figure out what the hell is going on with our Village of Wellington. I was just getting home from walking the dogs when I opened up a message from AirBnB that I have confirmed MANY (if not all) hosts in Wellington received.
"We had to take your listing down-update your minimum stay requirement to host again
As a host in
Wellington,
Airbnb only allows you to host guests for long-term stays (31 nights or longer). To start hosting again, just
update your listing’s minimum stay to 31 nights.
If you have any questions about hosting in
Wellington you can always learn more in our
Help Center."
Currently if you look at the Village of Wellington and try to book any stays for under 31 days you get a blank map (below).
4 night search in Wellington FL
If you adjust your search to include a stay of OVER 31 days you do get results. So I figured that there must be an issue with my BTR or TDT numbers (this happened before and blocked my listing for over 5 months while they figured things out with Palm Beach County). Nope - everything was ok. However when I went to reactivate my listing it says "Your minimum stay must be above the short term stay threshold to comply with local regulations"
Confirmed BTR and TDT numbers
A quick chat with AirBnB support provided me with little information but informed me that this was indeed a local ordinance put in place by the Village of Wellington and they recommended that I seek legal assistance.
Anyone have any insight on this - please share your findings below as I "think" we can send links within AirBnB to other hosts. Thanks!