Resources for hospitality teams
Explore practical Compliance and Rules guides for vacation rental hosts and property managers.
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.
From May 20, 2026, Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 applies across the EU and changes how platforms handle your registration number and guest data. This guide covers what platforms must verify, what they report monthly, and how the compliance path works.
Dubai offers freehold ownership and no income tax on personal rental income, which makes short-term letting look close to ideal. It is not: every unit needs a holiday home permit bound to its address. This guide covers the three gates before you list.
Singapore private homes need a three-month minimum stay, and each short-let breach can cost up to S$200,000. This guide sets out the planning rule, which bucket your property falls into, and the one rental shape that stays legal.
March 31, 2026 came and went without every unlicensed villa going dark, because enforcement runs in phases. This guide explains what actually changed for foreign-owned villas, which bucket yours falls into, and the registration path that keeps a listing live.
You bought the condo, furnished it and listed it nightly — then a neighbour complained or the juristic person wrote a letter. This guide sets out the line Thai law draws between a condo unit and a detached villa, and the three paths that stay inside the rules.