Because the winter circuits can range from 2-12 weeks depending on the horse show, people that ride at the same barn will plan in advance to save money on lodging.

I studied this extensively when I was providing input to the Town re: the STR Homestay program in 2015/2016; let's call a hotel institutional lodging - a community needs a certain percentage of available institutional lodging, per capita, in order to have a viable tourist/short-term stay ecosystem.

It requires a $180 annual fee and you must collect and remit lodging taxes to the city.Northglenn allows it without it being your primary, and doesn't seem to limit # of days per year.

Our municipality adds lodging tax on top of state sales tax.

The lodging and financing can be a hassle.  

Purchase price: $950,000 Cash invested: $100,000 Contributors: Jon Lallande, Hugh Carnaha The Buffalo Lodge www.stayatbuffalo.comThis has been a wild ride in terms of lessons learned!

Hood Oregon...sit on a 41 acres...3 story / 5 bath / 4.5 bath lodge home..The House has been in the family for a very long time and the use it for rental....it rent $690-$1,490 / night and $5,000 for 2 night for wedding..I got it under contract for 1 millions Market value for the area is about 1.6 millionsThere are no repairs needed......here is a link to see what the property look like...http://www.youtube.com/watch?

I use it for my family as a ski lodge, and rent it out to pay for itself.  

For AirBnB, you have to provide services in addition to just the lodging to be considered a business.

From everything I could read, it sounds like the biggie was just to make sure Baton Rouge was getting their lodging taxes, but I know they were kicking around more extreme policies, so I wanted to check with y’all.