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Responsible Owner in Czech Republic
When you publish an advert to rent out a holiday home on VRBO, you must respect the relevant legislation in force. For the avoidance of doubt, please note that our site does not provide any legal advice on this topic and that the information below only constitutes general guidelines on the main requirements applicable in Czech Republic accompanied by links that provide information on the applicable principles and obligations you may be required to respect.
Obligations for operating a holiday home in Czech Republic (declarations, trade license number etc.)
What is a holiday home?
On the VRBO help pages, we use the term “holiday home” as a generic definition that should not be regarded as a legal definition.
By holiday home, we mean any accommodation facility, property, or home that, according to Czech Law fall under the category of “accommodation services” and which excludes mostly standard leases of houses, flats, or apartments for permanent living purposes and without additional services such as cleaning, providing clean linens, towels, serving breakfast, etc.
What are my obligations as an owner of a holiday home?
If you would like to host tourists by opening a holiday home, please be aware that you will be required to fulfil certain administrative obligations.
Below you will find some of the main obligations that you may be required to respect as an owner of a holiday home, however we recommend that you specifically check all the obligations applicable to you by visiting the official Czech website.
a) Obligation to get a trade license number
As an owner of a holiday home, you are required to register your activity into the Czech Trade Register and get your trade registration number when you rent your property through our website.
For more information on how to get your registration trade number we invite you to ask to your local trade authority.
c) Insurance coverage
To manage a holiday home, it might be necessary to take out an appropriate insurance policy that covers you for civil liability against guests, in proportion to the number of guests your accommodation facility can host, how many square meters it covers, and the type of property.
d) Stay tax
Remember that as an owner/manager of an accommodation facility, you may be required to collect and pay the tourist tax to your Municipality. For more information on the tourist tax please check your local laws and apply the correct stay tax rate to your guests.