* Sub-leasing is legal in NYC, for medium-term rentals. You are free to sub-lease your place during your month in europe, you are not free to sub-lease it nightly to transients.
* Owner-occupied Bed-and-Breakfasts are legal, but carefully regulated.
If AirBnB restricted itself to listings in these two (completely legal) categories, no one would object to them.
* Sub-leasing is legal in NYC, for medium-term rentals. You are free to sub-lease your place during your month in europe, you are not free to sub-lease it nightly to transients.
* Owner-occupied Bed-and-Breakfasts are legal, but carefully regulated.
If AirBnB restricted itself to listings in these two (completely legal) categories, no one would object to them.