Shen Fang-lien admits that it costs less to run a guesthouse because unlike hotels they don't pay a business tax and don't have to bother with the hotel star-ranking system. Hotel owners therefore complain of an "uneven playing field." Shen says that guesthouse owners ought to know where to stop and not steal business away from hotels.
沈芳蓮坦承，由於民宿不同於旅館要繳納營業稅，又不用講究豪華星級的評等，在經營成本上已經佔了便宜，讓旅館業者大嘆「立足點不平等」而眼紅抱怨，民宿業者不妨適可而止，不必一定要去搶旅館的生意。