PHOTO: 123RF.COM Airbnb senior communications manager, corporate and policy for Australia and New Zealand Jason Tin said the company had previously removed accounts in New Zealand for violating its community standards and policies.
Homeowners are fed up with raucous parties in Airbnb rentals destroying their peace and quiet.
Kristin Loggenberg, whose home in Taupō’s Wharewaka subdivision is overlooked by a large house that advertises itself on Airbnb as able to take 10 guests (with 14 beds), said such houses were essentially unregulated hostels.
The owner of that Victory Dr house lived in Auckland and was only there occasionally, she said, calculating that one weekend a month would involve unacceptable noise and disruption from large groups despite the property having a ‘no parties’ rule on their listing page.
She can recount stories of a stag-do that went on until 4am, 18 people partying on the deck overlooking her house with six large utility vehicles parked on the street and being told to “f… off” by a young female when she asked if guests could reduce the noise level one Sunday morning.
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