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Visit Greenville CEO outlines short‑term rental growth and tax gaps to Reynolds ad hoc committee
Summary
Heath Dillard of Visit Greenville SC told the Reynolds short‑term rentals ad hoc committee that nearly 2,000 short‑term rental units operate across Greenville County and that the county may be leaving local accommodations tax on the table; the committee requested more granular data and took no formal regulatory action.
Heath Dillard, president and CEO of Visit Greenville SC, told the Reynolds short‑term rentals ad hoc committee that "nearly 2,000" short‑term rental units are available on any given night across Greenville County and urged the committee to seek more granular, geography‑specific data before considering regulatory changes.
The presentation, given at an early fact‑finding meeting of the Reynolds Short‑Term Rentals Ad Hoc Committee, laid out the industry’s recent growth and revenue impact and prompted committee members to press staff for a split between municipal and unincorporated inventory so the county can identify what it actually regulates.
Dillard said the short‑term rental supply has climbed sharply since the pandemic and that the segment now accounts for a…
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