Ralph and Tina Gerlitsch say they’ve had to rethink their retirement plans due to B.C.’s new short-term rental regulations.
The couple own a bungalow on a leafy residential street in the Glenmore neighbourhood of Kelowna, B.C., and, for the last couple of years, they’ve also been running a seasonal AirBnb in a downtown Kelowna highrise.
They would rent the apartment to tourists in the summer and students during the academic year.
“We ran [it] for two years and it was wonderful,” Ralph Gerlitsch said.
However, starting May 1, new provincial rules will make such enterprises illegal.
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