Guides for accommodation providers across Europe
Practical, regularly reviewed guides on guest data protection, digital compliance, and running accommodation businesses across multiple European countries.
What Does EU Regulation 2024/1028 Mean for Short-Term Rental Operators?
A plain-language explainer of Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 — what it actually requires, which countries have implemented it, and what it deliberately doesn't cover.
How Should Property Management Companies Centralize Guest Registration Across Countries?
A practical framework for multi-country property management companies: what to centralize, what has to stay per-property, and how credentials, receipts, and retention actually work at portfolio scale.
Digital Signatures and Audit Trails: What eIDAS Means for Guest Registration
How the EU's eIDAS regulation makes electronic signatures legally valid for guest registration, and what a real audit trail needs to include.
Digital vs. Paper Guest Registration: Why the House Book Is Going Digital
A practical comparison of paper and digital guest registration across Europe — legal validity, error rates, audit trails, and what actually changes day to day.
GDPR for Accommodation Providers Operating Across Europe
A practical GDPR guide for hosts and property managers running short-term rentals or small hotels in more than one European country.
Which European Countries Require Police Registration of Guests?
A country-by-country comparison of guest registration and foreign-guest police reporting rules across Europe — deadlines, scope, automated systems, and penalties.
How Do PMSs and Channel Managers Handle Guest Registration Compliance in Europe?
A technical overview for PMS and channel-manager vendors of the three integration archetypes behind European guest-registration compliance, and why most platforms integrate one or two countries and stop.
Guest Data Security: How to Protect Passport and ID Information
What accommodation providers across Europe are legally required to do to protect guest passport and ID data — and the practical steps that actually reduce risk.
Running Accommodation Properties in Multiple European Countries: A Practical Guide
What actually changes operationally when you expand a short-term rental or small hotel business into a second European country, and how to plan for it.
How Do Tourist Taxes Work Across European Countries?
Why there's no such thing as a single European tourist tax rate — how municipal, regional, and national tourist taxes are set, collected, and how much they actually cost, country by country.