Airbnb hosts in Toronto are instructing guests to lie about stays

And, it seems some hosts aren't even shy about the fact that they're skirting bylaws, fully outing themselves as illegally listing their units in the instructions they present to guests.

While describing how to access the unit, the host advised the traveller to say they were visiting a person named Glen if questioned by the condo's front desk staff. Multiple others jumped in to offer their own similar experiences of being instructed to pretend they were visiting someone who lived in the accommodations they were renting short-term.

I had the same experience in Toronto. I ended up canceling the airbnb as it didn't sounded like the condo tower allowed it. Airbnb gave me a tough time for canceling an apparent illegal airbnb.Amid jokes about what the security of the building must think of Glen and his many visitors —"Glen loves to party,"quipped — many voiced real concerns about rental arbitrage and the toll that short-term rentals are taking on Toronto's housing market and others around the world.

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