Hi Scott,
Great post and very helpful information! Thanks a lot for taking the time to summarize all the info!
To add to your point above and share my situation: our place is in the Montreal South Shore area. Before we started hosting, we wrote to the municipality to inquire if we needed anything and they said they have no regulation or permit requirements regarding AirBNBs. After this, we went to the CITQ and got a registration. They had a 45 period for the municipality to object. After no objections from the municipality within that period, they allowed us a registration.
Problem is the neighbors on one side are extremely unhappy that we are making money 😉 and are doing everything in their power to make us stop renting our house. My guess is they made a complaint with the municipality and now after we have a valid CITQ registration the municipality is backing out saying we do not have the right to do that activity.
It is a real conundrum - on one end we have a permission and we were charged for both certification and insurance and now we are being told we have to close up shop 😞
I really am trying to do everything by all rules and regulations, but not sure where to go from here... 😞
I have a consultation with a legal adviser. Will keep you guys posted on results. If anyone has had a similar issue or has an idea what I could do I would really appreciate any advice
Thanks again and all the best of luck to you all!
Best,
Dessi