Registering visitor accommodation: overview

If you take bookings for overnight stays in Wales, you must register with the Welsh Revenue Authority by law. 

You must register by 31 March 2027, even if your local council does not introduce Visitor Levy.

Registration is free and helps:

• visitors find registered accommodation
• provide data to support tourism in Wales

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

The visitor accommodation provider is responsible for registering. 

You must register if the following apply: 

• you take bookings for overnight stays in visitor accommodation in Wales (for one night, seasonally or year-round) 
• you're responsible for the accommodation (for example, you own or rent it) 
• any bookings you take are for 31 nights or less

Types of accommodation include:

• self-catering lets (such as cottages, houses, apartments or lodges) 
• your main home or spare rooms 
• 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
• hostels or bunkhouses 

Example: if you take bookings for your static caravan

Sioned has a static caravan she uses for 10 months of the year. 

During the summer, she takes bookings for visitors to stay at the caravan. Some of the bookings are for 31 nights or less. She must register her static caravan as visitor accommodation. 

Example: if you take bookings for your main home

Rhiannon advertises her main home on Airbnb once a year for an event in her local area. Because this is a booking for 31 nights or less, she must register her main home as visitor accommodation.

If you use an agent or management company 

Agents or management companies are not responsible for registering, but they can register on your behalf.  

Use our online service to register your visitor accommodation.  

If you have more than one premises (location or site) 

If the same people or organisations are responsible for each premises, you must include all premises in one registration. 

If different people or organisations are responsible for different premises, you must register them separately. 

You do not have to register if: 

• you do not take bookings for the accommodation (such as friends or family staying for free) 
• you're no longer taking bookings for overnight stays

After completing your registration, you’ll get a unique registration number.  

You can use this number to: 

• show your accommodation is registered 
• contact the WRA to discuss your registration 

What information will be on the public register 

Some of your details will be public on the register of visitor accommodation. You can check what details are public on the register.  

When to update your details 

You must update your registration details within 30 days if anything changes. 

This includes: 

• selling the accommodation 
• no longer taking bookings for overnight stays 
• changes to: 
  • contact details 
  • accommodation details 
  • who’s responsible for the visitor accommodation 

If you do not register by 31 March 2027, you may have to pay a penalty. 

Check our guidance on penalties for more details.  

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

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