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- Wyndham VIPF & PresRes, HVC/DRI (Gold), Quarter House (4), Resort on Cocoa Beach (2), HGVC Tuscany Village, HGVC South Beach-McAlpin, HGVC Parc Soleil
Had a lengthy telephone conversation yesterday with Nikki Krivjanick, General Manager of Quarter House in N.O. I had a week listed for rent and a respondent asked about accessibility and ADA compliance. I was pretty sure most of QH was not ADA compliant but I sent an email to QH asking about it. It got to Nikki and she called me, not so much about the accessibility (my unit is not ADA-compliant) but to warn about the risks of listing and negotiating rentals in N.O.
This has been touched on here previously but in a nutshell, here's what it's about. Short term rentals in Orleans Parish (city of New Orleans) without a permit are illegal. Merely listing a short term rental on a rental site without a permit is illegal. Permits cost $500. Violations can result in a fine of $6,000. I read the relevant part of the New Orleans Municipal Code and the requirements for a permit are daunting. The whole scheme is clearly intended to be intimidating. Nikki says Short Term Rental Administration personnel scrub listing sites from time to time looking for violations.
Immediately upon hanging up, I took down listings for two rental weeks later this year (including those on TUG's Marketplace).
For those who have been to Quarter House, Nikki says Country Flame, the Mexican-Cuban restaurant around the corner on Iberville, closed and has been replaced by an oyster/po' boy place. Also, she says NOPD finally removed the homeless people from the alley in back of QH and the alley has been cleaned up.
Nikki is the most effective timeshare resort general manager I've encountered.
This has been touched on here previously but in a nutshell, here's what it's about. Short term rentals in Orleans Parish (city of New Orleans) without a permit are illegal. Merely listing a short term rental on a rental site without a permit is illegal. Permits cost $500. Violations can result in a fine of $6,000. I read the relevant part of the New Orleans Municipal Code and the requirements for a permit are daunting. The whole scheme is clearly intended to be intimidating. Nikki says Short Term Rental Administration personnel scrub listing sites from time to time looking for violations.
Immediately upon hanging up, I took down listings for two rental weeks later this year (including those on TUG's Marketplace).
For those who have been to Quarter House, Nikki says Country Flame, the Mexican-Cuban restaurant around the corner on Iberville, closed and has been replaced by an oyster/po' boy place. Also, she says NOPD finally removed the homeless people from the alley in back of QH and the alley has been cleaned up.
Nikki is the most effective timeshare resort general manager I've encountered.
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