Short term rental owners across BC are receiving messages from guests who have had to cancel their trips to British Columbia this summer, due to the upcoming removal of most short term accommodations across BC on platforms like Airbnb and VRBO. 

Travelers are complaining that their affordable group travel options are being taken away with the upcoming ban. At the same time, short term rental operators are raising public awareness that  the multinational hotel industry are behind this movement to eliminate their competition.

Supporting documentation shows the BC NDP have aligned with the BC Hotel Association and based their new legislation on an inaccurate and discredited study funded by the BC Hotel Association.

While all are in agreement that illegal short term rentals should be shut down, the relatively small number of legally operating STRs in tourist zones and downtown cores bring significant benefits to local tourism economies and will have no meaningful impact on the affordable housing crisis.