Thread: In a First, Govt Official Stands by Airbnb Legality

Teeranai Charuvastra
Khao Sod English

BANGKOK — A state agency has confirmed that homeowners who offer their rooms on Airbnb won’t face legal repercussion as long as they notify local authorities, an official said Friday.


In a first recognition of the global vacation home rental platform, the Department of Provincial Authority told Airbnb reps in a Tuesday meeting that existing laws allow private properties to operate as small tourist accommodations – or homestays – interior affairs official Suttipong Juljarern said.


“People who enforce the law, the Department of Provincial Authority, said clearly: if it’s your own home, it’s not a hotel,” Suttipong said at Friday news conference. “There’s no legal burden on rural homeowners as long as they register themselves as homestays.”

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I sense a bit of profit for my good self here. Must come up with a compelling marketing strategy to entice folks to stay in a wooden shack with tin roof in the middle of nowhere.

Entice them with this Norton





Not cheap but fully kitted out delivered and installed from 500k.
Going to get a double unit myself and small pool whilst i do the house up
and then rent out.

Originally Posted by misskit

BANGKOK — A state agency has confirmed that homeowners who offer their rooms on Airbnb won’t face legal repercussion as long as they notify local authorities, an official said Friday.


In a first recognition of the global vacation home rental platform, the Department of Provincial Authority told Airbnb reps in a Tuesday meeting that existing laws allow private properties to operate as small tourist accommodations – or homestays – interior affairs official Suttipong Juljarern said.


“People who enforce the law, the Department of Provincial Authority, said clearly: if it’s your own home, it’s not a hotel,” Suttipong said at Friday news conference. “There’s no legal burden on rural homeowners as long as they register themselves as homestays.”

Interesting.

I wonder about condos outside of Bkk.

What do you register them as, and with who?

Or is it only for houses?

Originally Posted by Luigi

Or is it only for houses?

Are you aware of what Air BnB is? Did you read the OP?

Originally Posted by misskit

A state agency has confirmed that homeowners who offer their rooms on Airbnb

Originally Posted by Big Angry Manny

Are you aware of what Air BnB is

Yup.

Originally Posted by Dumb little wannabe an allround funny guy and knowitall but fails Lulu

Yup.

Then why ask if it's only about houses and doubt it applies to condos?

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Originally Posted by Big Angry Manny

Then why ask if it's only about houses and doubt it applies to condos?

Previous reports have been conflicting, about different aspects of it, and different types of properties.

Would be interesting if it overrules this court ruling.

People who rent out their rooms via Airbnb on a daily or weekly basis are acting illegally, according to a recent court ruling handed down to the Wan Vayla Condo in Hua Hin district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province.

The court ruled that people renting out their rooms have not obtained a licence to run a hotel business under the 2004 Hotel Act. Only rentals of 30 days or more would be legal.

The parties affected by the ruling include owners of condos who rent out their rooms via the Airbnb app on a daily and weekly basis to both Thai and foreign customers.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gen...court-declares

I get the distinct impression the official in the op is speaking completely off the top of his head.

We got back ten days ago from our trip to Japan and had quite a time re airbnb.

I'd booked three places in total...one for three days in Tokyo, one for seven days in Kyoto and another place for three days in Tokyo before we left.

The Japanese, as you might expect, are using rather more 'joined up thinking' in dealing with this rise of private letting than Thailand is.

They are in the process of licensing all properties rented out via airbnb.

The first place we stayed at in Tokyo seemed to be a property 'purpose built' for letting out. Before leaving I'd had to send a copy of my passport photo page to them, and on arrival a guy turned up asking me to sign the page he'd printed out of this. No problem there.

The second place we stayed at in Kyoto there was no problem. I assume the authorities are focussing on rentals in Tokyo because...

Three places I booked in Tokyo for our last three days were cancelled, over a period of two weeks.

I got a message that the last one had cancelled literally after we'd boarded the shinkansen train to take us there...so that was fun.

All three places were forced to cancel by airbnb, I suppose because they didn't get the paperwork done in time.

I ended up having to book a hotel while on the train instead.

On the whole airbnb dealt with the whole thing pretty efficiently, but being told a place was cancelled on the day we were due to check in was pretty poor, I thought.

Were they similar to Landreth's one in Thailand, or a bit more spacious?

That motif of knockers on his pillows is a bit weird.

And I'm still not buying this 'exposed concrete...it's a finca' bullshit.

Originally Posted by Norton

I sense a bit of profit for my good self here. Must come up with a compelling marketing strategy to entice folks to stay in a wooden shack with tin roof in the middle of nowhere.

Shouldn't be difficult, millions do.