Transient guest means a natural person staying less than 30 consecutive days.
Transient means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy for any rooms, lodgings or accommodations in a hotel for a period of less than ninety (90) continuous days.
Transient lodging means a room or a suite of rooms.
Transient merchant means any person, firm, or corporation who engages in a temporary or itinerant merchandising business, intending to remain in business in the City of Waverly for less than one year, and in the course of such business hires, leases, or occupies any building or structure whatsoever or who operates out of a vehicle which is parked anywhere within the City limits. Temporary association with a local merchant, dealer, trader, or auctioneer, or conduct of such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local merchant, dealer, trader, or auctioneer shall not exempt any person, firm, or corporation from being considered a transient merchant.
Transient space marketplace means an online marketplace through which a person may offer transient accommodations or hotel rooms to individuals. A “transient space marketplace” allows transient accommodations or hotel rooms to be advertised or listed through an online marketplace 1[and] in exchange for consideration or1 provides a means for a customer to arrange for the occupancy of the transient accommodation or hotel room in exchange for consideration 1[directly through the online marketplace]. A ‘transient space marketplace’ shall not include an online marketplace operated by or on behalf of a hotel or hotel corporation that facilitates customer occupancy solely for the hotel or hotel corporation’s owned or managed hotels and franchisees.1