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275 guides across 20 clusters. Each one opens with a rule card: the jurisdiction and stage, the question it answers, the evidence level and the first check. Page 3 of 7, guides 83 to 123.
Entry 13 - France France Host Registration Steps by Commune How commune declaration works in practice, and why the commune portal is the final authority. Guide Entry 13 - France France Platform Obligations Under Loi Le Meur and the EU Framework What platforms must verify, display and report in France, and how hosts feel those duties. Guide Entry 13 - France France Rural and Small-Town Short Lets: A Different Picture Why small communes differ from Paris, and which rules still apply outside major cities. Guide Entry 13 - France France Second Homes and Change-of-Use Authorisation Why second homes follow a different route from principal residences, and what authorisation involves. Guide Entry 13 - France France Short-Term Rental Rules, Explained The national framework under loi Le Meur, city caps, registration and taxes, and how commune rules sit on top. Entry guide Entry 13 - France France Short-Term Rental Taxes in General Terms Furnished letting classification, income recording and platform collection, without invented rates. Guide Entry 12 - The EU short-term rental framework France, Spain and Italy: EU Rollout Compared in General Terms Three large markets, three different starting points, and why comparison needs care. Guide Entry 13 - France France: What Changed on 20 May 2026 EU display duties, the French timetable, and what hosts needed to have ready by that date. Guide Entry 08 - Safety and habitability standards Furnishings and Trip Hazards in Short Term Rentals How furniture, rugs, cables and stairs cause guest falls, and what a between stay walkthrough should catch. Guide Entry 08 - Safety and habitability standards Gas Safety Checks for Rental Properties What a gas check covers, who may carry it out, and how certificates and guest reports fit into host duties. Guide Entry 11 - Preemption and state-local conflicts Grandfathering When Rental Rules Change How existing rentals survive state or city rule changes, what transitional provisions protect, and how to evidence a protected use in a conflict. Guide Entry 08 - Safety and habitability standards Guest Capacity and Occupancy Limits for Short Term Rentals How guest numbers are set, why sleeping arrangements matter more than room counts, and how overcrowding creates safety and enforcement risk. Guide Entry 09 - Insurance and liability Guest Injury Claims and Host Responsibility What happens after a guest injury claim, how insurers and hosts respond, and how responsibility is shared where several parties contributed. Guide Entry 20 - The Gulf Gulf Building and Community Rules for Short Stays The questions Gulf owners must ask their building or community before letting: approvals, caps, operator lists and guest rules, place by place. Guide Entry 20 - The Gulf Gulf Choosing a Licensed Operator How Gulf owners should choose, contract and oversee a licensed holiday home operator, in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. Guide Entry 20 - The Gulf Gulf Guest Registration and Safety Duties How Gulf hosts and operators register guests, keep properties safe, and handle guest data, place by place. Guide Entry 20 - The Gulf Gulf Short-Stay Levy Comparison: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi and Beyond How short-stay charges differ across Gulf places, why comparison needs jurisdiction and basis kept separate, and how to build a charge map. Guide Entry 20 - The Gulf Gulf Short-Term Rental Rules, Explained How Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf places regulate holiday homes differently, and why one Gulf rule must never be applied to another place. Entry guide Entry 08 - Safety and habitability standards Heating, Ventilation and Habitability Basics for Rentals Why a rental must be heatable, ventilated and free from damp, and how hosts check those basics between stays. Guide Entry 06 - Zoning and building-level restrictions HOA Rules for Short Term Rentals How homeowners association covenants and bylaws restrict short stays, how they are amended, and what to read before buying or listing. Guide Entry 09 - Insurance and liability Host Insurance and Liability for Short Term Rentals, Explained Who bears the cost when a guest, a neighbour or a property is harmed, and how insurance, platform cover and host duties fit together. Entry guide Entry 09 - Insurance and liability Host Liability for Guest Injury, Explained When a host is liable for a guest injury, how negligence is judged, and what safety evidence changes the outcome. Guide Entry 05 - Platform obligations Host Notice Duties for Platforms Host Notice Duties for Platforms: A plain explanation of the rule, its limits, and the verification steps that keep a host on safe ground. Guide Entry 02 - Night caps and day limits Hosted Versus Unhosted Night Caps Hosted Versus Unhosted Night Caps: A plain explanation of the rule, its limits, and the verification steps that keep a host on safe ground. Guide Entry 03 - Primary-residence requirements Hosting as a Renter Hosting as a Renter: A plain explanation of the rule, its limits, and the verification steps that keep a host on safe ground. Guide Entry 16 - Texas Houston 24/7 Contact Requirement for Short Lets Why Houston requires a round-the-clock contact, and how hosts meet it credibly. Guide Entry 16 - Texas Houston Short-Term Rental Registration, Explained Citywide registration from January 2026, who must register, and how to stay current. Guide Entry 02 - Night caps and day limits How Night Caps Are Counted How Night Caps Are Counted: The working system, the checks that matter, and the mistakes to avoid, explained for hosts and readers. Guide Entry 05 - Platform obligations How Platforms Handle Disputed Listings How Platforms Handle Disputed Listings: How this part of the rules operates, what evidence counts, and where the official portal decides. Guide Entry 01 - Registration and licensing systems How Platforms Verify Registration How Platforms Verify Registration: The working system, the checks that matter, and the mistakes to avoid, explained for hosts and readers. Guide Entry 11 - Preemption and state-local conflicts How State Local Conflicts Change Host Strategy Practical strategy for hosts in contested states: planning for both outcomes, pricing uncertainty, and keeping a dual compliance file. Guide Entry 01 - Registration and licensing systems How to Deregister a Short-Term Rental How to Deregister a Short-Term Rental: What it means, how it works, and what to check before you act, in general terms for one jurisdiction at a time. Guide Entry 01 - Registration and licensing systems How to Register a Short-Term Rental, Step by Step How to Register a Short-Term Rental, Step by Step: How this part of the rules operates, what evidence counts, and where the official portal decides. Guide Entry 11 - Preemption and state-local conflicts Idaho HB 583 and Local Rental Rules What Idaho's preemption law does, what local powers it preserves, and how hosts in Idaho cities should read city codes after it. Guide Entry 11 - Preemption and state-local conflicts Indiana HEA 1210 and Rental Permit Fees What Indiana's law bars, including rental count caps, and how its $150 permit fee cap works in practice. Guide Entry 12 - The EU short-term rental framework Ireland Planning Statement for Short-Term Lets: What the Draft Means The draft National Planning Statement presumption, towns over 20,000, and how planning sits apart from registration. Guide Entry 12 - The EU short-term rental framework Ireland Short-Term Letting Register: Registration Explained The Failte Ireland register plan, who must register, and what the December 2026 dates do and do not promise. Guide Entry 12 - The EU short-term rental framework Ireland Short-Term Rental Taxes: A General Guide for Hosts How Irish short-let income, record keeping and platform reporting fit together, in general terms only. Guide Entry 01 - Registration and licensing systems Keeping Registration Records Keeping Registration Records: The working system, the checks that matter, and the mistakes to avoid, explained for hosts and readers. Guide Entry 18 - United Kingdom Keeping UK Nations Separate: A Host File System for Four Systems How to organise records so English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish rules never get mixed up in one portfolio. Guide Entry 15 - California Lake Tahoe Short-Term Rental Rules A lake straddling counties and a state line, and why Tahoe hosting needs address-level checks. Guide