Vacation rentals listed on TA

What%26#39;s up with the vacation rentals listed on TA for NYC? I just noticed it today - when you type in new york city in the search bar above. No uproar here?

Sorry if this has been addressed.

Vacation rentals listed on TA

I never noticed that before you mentioned it. I have noticed over the last few days the hotel chains seem to have upped the advertizing here. Maybe it was there before, but I never noticed.

I%26#39;d like to rent this one:

tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalReview-g60763-鈥?/a>

At $250/mo, $8/day! LOL! The few that I looked at are very unprofessional, full of typos and errors like this.

Vacation rentals listed on TA

I should also add that it calls TA%26#39;s integrity into question and hopefully won%26#39;t drive away the locals who spend so much time trying to educate the rest of us on why rentals are such a bad thing....

After all the uproar about NYC vacation rentals !!

Here is the link to the list of 51 NYC vacation rentals I recieved in a TA March update email.

tripadvisor.com/VacationRentals-g60763-Revie鈥?/a>

Go figure.

daninny, I don%26#39;t think the ads are noticed much by the locals for them to uproar about. This issue reminds me of the knock-off merchandise ads that used to litter this page if one were to ask about a cheap handbag.

The irony is that knowledgeable TripAdvisor posters are denouncing the practice that TripAdvisor is promoting. I had fun with this in the Feedback forum, so you might want to take a crack at that.

I suspect that this wasn%26#39;t noticed earlier because many people may have the forum page bookmarked (I actually don%26#39;t) and therefore, they likely bypass the page that show it. The only reason I noticed it was the forum button had been moved due to the new button for vacation rentals.

I too noticed it only the other day. Must be new?? How does TA get the names for hotels, etc, to list here. Is there any verification procedure, or can anyone just list a hotel??

I personally would still be wary, too much risk.

A 3 bedroom 2 bath apartment ';near Times Square'; for $400 a month??

A ';trendy Soho one bedroom'; for $300 a month???

What kind of scam is TA allowing themselves to be a part of???

I was absolutely shocked when I received an email from tripadvisor with a link to the vacation rentals for New York City.

I found listings for doorman buildings with beautiful views in some of the poshest neighborhoods for $200.00 / month. You can%26#39;t find a walk-up apartment in the outer boroughs for less than a thousand to twelve hundred. Some of these buildings listed would cost not just ten times the price mentioned but in some cases 20 to 30 times the price listed.

I worry that some unsuspecting tourists will think it sounds great and if it is listed with the tripadvisor logo it must be alright to wire $200.00 for their month long rental in real estate that only the very wealthiest 2% can afford. Then they%26#39;ll get here and may not even be able to afford a hotel. These things happen, people end up in some pretty dire situations when they arrive here on a trip they thought they could afford because of some scam.

It is one thing to find out in the comfort of your home that you%26#39;ve been scammed, it is another to be on a street corner in New York City when you%26#39;ve arrived from another Continent and you suddenly realize you have no place to stay and you certainly can%26#39;t afford the real hotel rates. Scary.

This tab first appeared in some resort areas, with some controversy on those boards, as well as the tripadvisor support forum. Single owners weren%26#39;t allowed to list, which annoyed some very supportive experts and contributers who also happen to own rental properties. Apparently Tripadvisor is working with ';FlipKey'; on this project, but I was afraid it was only a matter of time for it to hit the NCY forums. It has been discussed on the timeshare board, the Kiawah Island forum and the tripadvisor support forum to my knowledge.

See:www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g1-i12104-k2541113-o10-Vacation_rentals_FlipKey_tab_is_flawed-TripAdvisor_Feedback.html

But most other markets don%26#39;t have the labarynth of zoning/regulation that makes it outright prohibited that NYC has. I

That is all fine and good. Laws aside, there are apartments being advertised for $200. / month in buildings that you wouldn%26#39;t get into for less than $5,000. / month.

What if somebody buys a plane ticket to New York from Perth or Buenos Aires thinking they can stay in NYC for $200.00 / month. It sets unrealistic expectations.

Let%26#39;s hypothetically say that when they go to pay for one it tells them it is really a shared room in a place in Brooklyn for $1500. and it never takes their $200. for something that didn%26#39;t exist, they%26#39;re still going to be mighty disappointed.