{"id":14998,"date":"2020-08-04T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroval.com\/tourist-apartment-how-to-know-if-it-has-a-license\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T09:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:21:46","slug":"tourist-apartment-how-to-know-if-it-has-a-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroval.com\/en\/tourist-apartment-how-to-know-if-it-has-a-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist Apartment: how to Know if it Has a License"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The tourist apartment business<\/strong> extends throughout the Spanish geography. This lucrative way of earning money is based on the exploitation of real estate for vacation use. It started in the big cities but little by little it spread to the small corners of our country. <\/p>\n

The public administrations have established a regulatory framework so that these homes comply with the legal requirements for granting the tourist license required for this purpose. In the event that they do not comply with the legal requirements and the owner of the home decides to exploit it, they would be incurring a serious administrative infraction that would carry a heavy financial penalty that could amount to \u20ac600,000. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

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When is a tourist apartment legal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The regulations that establish the requirements for an apartment to be declared tourist are established by the Autonomous Communities<\/strong>. Without said authorization, it would be completely illegal to advertise any real estate property on portals such as airbnb, booking, pisos.com... <\/p>\n

If you are the owner of a home and are thinking of renting it as a tourist apartment<\/strong>, you must send the documentation of the same to the autonomous administrations on which the tourist organization depends so that an official registration of your home is carried out<\/strong> for tourist use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Can I advertise my home as a tourist home on airbnb or booking if I do not have my home registered?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The answer is NO<\/strong>. For a long time, many owners have illegally advertised their tourist homes on this type of portal. <\/p>\n

What is the difference between a home that has a tourist license and one that does not?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are several factors that are taken into account when granting a license as a tourist apartment. These homes must meet the following requirements <\/p>\n