Are Quebec hosts skirting the new rules on Airbnb? – Montreal
Just two days after Airbnb said it pulled unauthorized Quebec listings from its platform, it seems some hosts are already skirting the rules.
A search on Airbnb’s website revealed some hosts may be falsifying their six-digit CITQ number, which proves their lodging is authorized with Quebec’s tourism ministry.Global News found some listings with a 123456 license number. In another instance, two separate listings with different hosts shared the same registration number.“We’ve seen that the same registration number is used many times — whether it’s a completely bogus registration number or it’s a number that doesn’t belong to the user,” said Cédric Dussault, spokesperson for the Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec (RCLALQ), a Montreal tenants’ ri...