Hello friend. 

I live in Florida where we are about to experience the impact of the coronavirus outbreak at its fullest.

Many people have elderly parents that live with them, and/or older children or other family members or roommates with low or compromised immune systems, heart diseases, high blood pressure, respiratory health concerns and diabetes...those whom are most affected and most likely to get sick or die from covid-19. 

Every time they leave their houses for work or the grocery stores, they are putting their loved one's lives at an enormous risk!

This produces an enormous amount of stress and anxiety for EVERYONE in the household, thus lowering EVERYONE'S immune system. 

Many people are seeking temporary housing so that they may self-isolate and vastly limit their exposure to their loved ones who are at risk.

As we all know globally many businesses and large corporations have been lifting fees, suspending due-dates and extending help to their customers until we can all recover.

However, Airbnb is STILL CHARGING EXORBITANTLY HIGH FEES to guests wanting and needing to book long term stays for non-vacation commercial activities.

By lifting their high fees, they could drastically help people in local communities seeking to self-isolate MUCH MORE affordably! 

By doing this they would also be helping their hosts, the bread and butter of who they are, who are also getting hit financially from cancellations. 

ASK AIRBNB TO SUSPEND ALL THEIR FEES, SO THAT PEOPLE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN SELF-ISOLATE FROM THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF GETTING SICK OR DYING FROM COVID-19! 

We are all in this together!

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Thank you!

More info:

FLORIDA ORDER DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE STAYS THAT ARE COVID RELATED

As of March 27, 2020, the State of Florida has ordered commercial lodging establishments, including short-term rentals, to immediately begin to cease operations due to coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns.

The order mandates vacation rental operators to refrain from accepting new guests or making new reservations for stays for a 14-day booking period commencing on Saturday, March 28, 2020.

 

There are some EXCEPTIONS TO THE ORDER including:

•Long-term rentals (30 days or more)

•Rental stays where guests are currently staying in a vacation rental or have previously booked a stay with a scheduled check-in date of March 28, 2020.

•Rentals to persons performing military, emergency, governmental, health or infrastructure response, or travelers engaged in non-vacation commercial activities.