Resources for hospitality teams
Explore practical Compliance and Rules guides for vacation rental hosts and property managers.
Short-term rental enforcement has shifted from fining hosts after a complaint to removing listings at the platform. This guide compares the two models, sets out what a registration application asks for, explains why a long unlicensed history is not a defence, and gives the order to work through when a listing disappears.
A seasonal safety walkthrough already produces most of what a renewal, an inspection or an authority query asks for. This guide sets out what an evidence file is assembled from, the items that need a dated photograph, how one pass serves three purposes, and what to do the day something fails.
Guest taxes are not yours to keep and not always yours to file. This guide separates the two families of guest tax, sets out the three collection models and who carries the liability, and shows how to reconcile what was collected against what was sent on.
Platforms file structured reports on host income, and the file is built long before any letter arrives. This walkthrough sets out who is reportable, which fields travel to the tax authority, why quarterly detail matters, and how to prepare for a cross-check.
A platform fee is quoted as a percentage, but tax usually sits on top of the fee rather than inside it. This guide shows where VAT attaches in a booking, why your effective rate runs above the headline number, and how to rebuild your margin check.
Japan lets you host short stays but caps most homes at 180 nights a year, and your ward can cut that further — in the extreme, to zero. This guide covers the baseline, which bucket your property falls into, and the three legal routes.
Enforcement arrives as a short message with long consequences. A documented listing is the only reliable defence: know what gets flagged, what evidence is accepted, and how to write an appeal that reads as a record.
Airbnb moved to a single host-paid service fee, EU transparency rules took effect, and a new housing proposal is moving through the EU. This guide prices what each change costs hosts and how to track them.
Every market asks for something different, and almost all of them ask before you take a booking rather than after. This guide covers the six questions that apply almost everywhere, and how licence numbers, night caps and taxes differ by country.
In Hong Kong, China, any premises charging for a continuous stay under 28 days needs a hotel or guesthouse licence, and operating without one is a criminal offence rather than a fine. This guide covers the 28-day exemption, how it fails, and the 3% tax.