Julie Wilson: Airbnb volunteer community leader on Wellington Airbnb hosts voicing disapproval with accommodation rate hike
Wellington Airbnb hosts are hitting out at the city council and claiming accommodation rate hikes are overkill.
It's proposing applying commercial rates to short-term accommodation providers.
It could treble owners' costs - leaving many hosts fearing for their businesses.
Airbnb volunteer community leader Julie Wilson says her rates would rise from about $11,000 to about $40,000 and she'd have to stop.
"It's excessive - many of us rent occasionally, not as a full-time business, but they're going to be treating us the same as a hotel with hundreds of rooms."
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