Blackpool's 'frightening £9-a-night party house invasion' locals fear will change resort forever
Airbnb's have changed the way the world travels. Now, for a fraction of the price of a hotel, you can sleep in an apartment, or even someone's spare bedroom that's slap bang right where you want to be.
"You see a lot of them on social media, particularly in Facebook groups, and they're giving rooms away for stupid prices, and you just think 'how can I compete with that' you know? especially now, in the off season, and in a cost of living crisis. Something does need to be done." "I'm concerned about what will spill out into the street. This is one of the quieter streets, we don't have a lot of noise, but once this opens, I think we will see an increase in trouble here."
He continued: "It's not ideal.... We can't open a hotel without some sort of waste carrier licence, we have to pay for that, where as they can open for 90 days of the year without one. They're making major changes to some of these properties as well. Tony said: "Just a week ago we had a couple who had booked in an Airbnb, and they went in and they said it was terrible. It stunk and was unclean. They didn't even make it to the bedroom before they'd come out of there to find somewhere else.
She said: "We've worked hard, we've built a good reputation which we have to work hard to keep. We have to keep everyone happy and these Airbnb's are getting away with all sorts. "The loss of residential property for an already stretched sector driving up market rates and pricing younger families out of the market to be able to buy their first home. Putting a real pressure on the rental sector driving up rates making it significantly harder for those renting to find a place to live.
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