Owners who use internet services to rent out their condos, townhomes and other units for short-term rentals are supposed to get Vail business and sales tax licenses. That isn’t happening.
As rent-by-owner services including Airbnb and Vacation Rentals by Owner have become common options for travelers, cities of all sizes have struggled with how to track — and collect lodging taxes — from property owners.
Some towns have taken stern measures, including steep fees and inspections. Others, including Vail, have used a lighter hand. The result is that more than half of 2,352 units used for short-term rentals in Vail aren’t licensed, according to data compiled by Destimetrics.
Council members didn’t take any action Tuesday, but indicated they likely will consider enacting new regulations before the start of the next ski season.
this season over the 2015-16 season, as did the earnings by hosts, revealing the relentless surge of short-term rental business that is vexing community leaders grappling with the emerging impact of the red-hot shared economy.
More than 121,000 visitors booked Airbnb homes in Avon, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Crested Butte, Dillon, Frisco, Keystone, Steamboat Springs, Telluride and Vail for the 2016-17 ski season. About 2,800 homeowners — a majority of them women — netted $32 million from those visitors, a doubling from the previous season, according to statistics provided by Airbnb.
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