Registering visitor accommodation: overview

Visitor accommodation registration opens in autumn 2026. You must register with the Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) by law if you take bookings for overnight stays in Wales. 

Registration will help: 

• visitors find registered accommodation
• you collect and pay Visitor Levy (if your local council introduces it)
• provide data to support tourism in Wales 

If you do not register, you: 

• may have to pay penalties
• will not meet your Visitor Levy requirements (if your local council introduces it), this may lead to penalties

You can sign up for updates about registration and Visitor Levy. 

You must register by law if both of the following apply:

• you take bookings for overnight stays in Wales
• any of the bookings you take are for 31 nights or less

This includes:

• self-catering lets (such as cottages, houses, apartments or lodges)
• your main home or spare room
• hotels, bed and breakfasts or guesthouses
• pitches for tents, touring caravans, motorhomes or campervans
• glamping (such as shepherd’s huts, yurts, pods or similar)
• static caravans or mobile homes
• hostels or bunkhouses

Visitor accommodation registration opens in autumn 2026. 

You’ll need to provide:  

• contact details, such as:
  • name
  • address
  • phone number
• date of birth
• company number (if applicable)
• charity number (if applicable)
• trading name (if applicable) 
• accommodation address
• types of accommodation you offer
• how many people can stay
• when the accommodation is usually open for bookings

You can sign up for updates about registration and Visitor Levy. 

Visitor accommodation registration:

• starts autumn 2026
• applies to all visitor accommodation
• applies even if the local council does not introduce the visitor levy 

Visitor Levy will:

• only apply to areas where the local council introduces it
• start from 1 April 2027 at the earliest

Find out more about Visitor Levy. 

Visitor accommodation licensing is:

• a way to show that accommodation meets certain standards
• not currently required
• being planned

Find out more about plans for visitor accommodation licensing.

For help with visitor accommodation registration, contact the Welsh Revenue Authority.