Guides for accommodation providers across Europe
Practical, regularly reviewed guides on guest data protection, digital compliance, and running accommodation businesses across multiple European countries.
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.
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.
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.