For the past year, Travis Dorion has been hosting guests at one of his properties through Airbnb and VRBO. He plans on listing two more short-term rentals in the near future. “The Wichita area is just starting to get traction in the Airbnb space,” Dorion said. In the past four years, the number of Airbnb’s in Wichita has more than doubled. However, City officials claim that every single one of the more than 400 short-term rentals are out of code. Dorion says while he (and dozens of others in Wichita’s tight-knit short-term rental community) is all for additional health regulations and proper permits, he’s currently questioning other proposed recommendations brought forth by the City on Tuesday. “We’re not opposed to it,” Dorion said. “I think that we just need to get on board and on the same page [on] what that looks like — how that affects us as hosts.”
Source: KSN-TV
