{"id":32798,"date":"2025-06-27T08:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T06:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=32798"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:22:15","slug":"what-are-the-different-options-for-short-term-rentals-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/podcast\/wat-zijn-de-verschillende-mogelijkheden-voor-kortetermijnverhuur-in-spanje\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the different options for short-term rentals in Spain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An-Sofie and Glenn go over short-term rental options today. A question that concerns many Belgian second-home owners in Spain: <strong>Can you just rent out your Spanish property?<\/strong> And if so, under what conditions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be heard via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5RTNP4p9UUNR1aT8zTYGfo?si=rjH8dV_NQAybDEzPootWnw\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5RTNP4p9UUNR1aT8zTYGfo?si=rjH8dV_NQAybDEzPootWnw\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify,<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wat-zijn-de-verschillende-mogelijkheden-voor\/id1819117882?i=1000714764444\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wat-zijn-de-verschillende-mogelijkheden-voor\/id1819117882?i=1000714764444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts <\/a><\/strong>or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vIxNLuxUpWQ\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vIxNLuxUpWQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youtube<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 17 autonomous regions and varying rules, the Spanish rental landscape is complex. In this episode, we discuss the three main forms of rentals, with a focus on popular regions such as the <strong>Costa Blanca<\/strong>, <strong>Costa C\u00e1lida<\/strong> and <strong>Costa del Sol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd0d What will be covered?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Occasional hire<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For friends, family or colleagues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No profit motive or active promotion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No registration or licensing requirement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Well: declaration in Spanish tax return<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Seasonal rental<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Through platforms such as Airbnb or Booking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rentals for non-permanent occupancy (e.g. winter visitors)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Requires a <strong>national registration<\/strong> (rental number), no licence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest registration mandatory (42 data points per guest)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes mandatory: deposit depends on region and duration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Holiday rental<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Renting for profit for short periods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regular publicity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mandatory <strong>rental licence<\/strong> of the region (e.g. VT number)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stringent requirements: housing quality, insurance, VME consent, municipal requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest registration and national registration required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc Regional differences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Costa Blanca<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Holiday rental = &lt; 11 days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seasonal hire = &gt; 10 days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guarantee only from 30 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Costa C\u00e1lida \/ Costa del Sol<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Holiday rental = &lt; 2 months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Short-term = &gt; 2 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udca1 Important reminders<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Guest registration with police mandatory<\/strong>, including short-term rentals via https:\/\/sede.interior.gob.es\/portal\/sede<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Taxes<\/strong> are always due, regardless of rental type<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Consciously choose the right regime<\/strong>, because the rules and obligations vary widely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7 Find out more about <strong>holiday rentals by region<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MTYmDFut97WtUYYdA3B9h_WULyyeJKEg\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the slides.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/www-confianz-be\/podcast-what-are-the-different-options-for-short-term-rentals-in-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More information on seasonal rental<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32795,"template":"","podcast-onderwerp":[939],"class_list":["post-32798","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","podcast-onderwerp-verhuren-in-spanje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/32798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"podcast-onderwerp","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast-onderwerp?post=32798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}