Used or interested in sharing services?

Former_MSE_Aileen

Have you used sites like airbnb, TaskRabbit, Zipcar or rentmyitems?

The government is looking into the 'sharing economy' which includes:

• property sharing - services such as airbnb, OneFineStay and HouseTrip that connect people with spare rooms to people that need somewhere to stay
• time and skill sharing - from services that allow you to 'outsource' errands (eg weekly shopping trips or cleaning your house) such as TaskRabbit, through to services such as the Economy of Hours where you can trade an hour of your time for an hour of someone else's
• shared transport - including car journey-sharing (eg BlaBlaCar), city cycle schemes (eg Barclays Cycle Hire) and car clubs (eg Zipcar and City Car Club)
• personal items - services such as Rentmyitems.com and Street Club that help people share their items such as power tools

It wants to know if there are any risks to consumers as well as how the government can help these services grow.

Complete its online survey by Tue 28 Oct and click reply to share your thoughts below.

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