I understand the premise behind it, I think. However, I was browsing listings in the East Village of New York and noticed a pattern: several listings had the exact same language in the rules, which sounded like it was written by a lawyer. All of the “hosts” were young women with professional portraits as their profile pic. When guests made complaints in the reviews, the hosts responded with exact same, boiler-plate responses which were clearly automated. The responses were identical across multiple listings which appeared under different hosts.
Many of the reviews mentioned that the apartments were located somewhere different than listed, which the guests didn’t find out about until right before the booking was to begin. So, what I’m wondering is are they lying about the address to avoid getting in trouble with the city?
(New York has cracked down on full apartment listings under 30 days.)
One bad review mentioned that the hosts were really Vacayo employees. If so, it seems like a dodgy way for a real company to do business.