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That seems like a very good reason to cozy up to the idea that you should be able to get your money back from a host who misrepresents the property being rented, but not a particularly good reason to cozy up to the idea of arbitrary short-term rental regulation.

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Sure. But who's going to enforce that "should"? This is why regulation is popular; it's about recourse.

Regardless of who enforces the rules, my point is that the rule prohibiting the misrepresentation of a business transaction is much more reasonable than the rule prohibiting (or significantly limiting) short-term rentals.

The greater point is that if Airbnb providers were already regulated this type of thing might not be an issue, ie: playing by the same rules hotels do.

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