What about who must register?

Any host offering paid accommodation for 21 nights or less at a time, nationwide. A host is a person or company offering a short-term rental service for payment through an online platform. A unit is furnished accommodation, whole or part (a room in your home counts). Hotels and similar accommodation, hostels, camping grounds and caravan parks are not units.

What about what the process looks like?

Registration is an online process through a Failte Ireland portal. The department says it should take about five minutes. You will give your name, contact details, PPS number, date of birth, country of residence and address with Eircode, and for a company the business name, registration number and legal representative. You also give the unit address, unit type, whether it is in your principal private residence or a separate secondary property, the number of bed places and maximum guests. You mak

What about planning in plain terms?

The department states that planning compliance is confirmed at registration. For towns with a population of more than 20,000 at the last census, compliance is needed at registration with no lead-in period. For towns of 20,000 or less, hosts have two years. Letting a room or rooms in your principal private residence is permissible and exempt from planning requirements. Homesharers may sub-let a whole principal home for a cumulative 90 days when away. Beyond that, planning permission for change of

What about what is not yet stated?

Fee levels, penalties for hosts and the exact opening date should be confirmed with Failte Ireland. Platforms must show registration numbers from 31 December 2026 and must remove listings with invalid numbers on Failte Ireland's order, per the department.

Does a room in my own home need to be registered?

Yes, if let for 21 nights or less through a platform. It is a unit, though planning rules are lighter for rooms in a principal private residence.

Can my letting agent register for me?

Only if the unit is being registered for a company. Otherwise the host must register and make the legal declarations.

How long is the number valid?

Registration is renewed annually, according to the department's page.

Yes, described as nominal and annual, but the amount had not been published when we read the pages.

What about once you are registered?

Registration makes you legal. Distribution makes you earn. If you plan to list on several booking sites, keep one registration number and one calendar in sync across all of them: the free channel manager guide explains how calendar sync works and where it falls short. Fursat's own guest inventory is in India, so if you also run a property there, start at /list-your-property. New to hosting in general? Read How to Start a Homestay in India for the basics that carry across markets.

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How to Register a Short-Term Let in Ireland (Failte Ireland Register)

Ireland is setting up a Failte Ireland register for lets of 21 nights or less. Here is what the government and Failte Ireland have published so far, and what is still unconfirmed.

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How to Register a Short-Term Let in Ireland (Failte Ireland Register)

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Does a room in my own home need to be registered?

Can my letting agent register for me?

How long is the number valid?

Is there a fee?