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This article provides a general overview on regional laws and regulations that may affect hosts in Castilla La Mancha. Beside these laws, municipalities may have approved zoning regulations and/or restrictions that can impact your activity. You’re required to make sure that you follow the laws and regulations that may apply to your specific circumstances and locality.
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The Regional Government of Castilla La Mancha has specific regulations for tourist accommodations. According to the regional Decree on the matter, “tourist accommodations” are understood to be those flats, houses, chalets or other similar properties, furnished and equipped for immediate use, which are advertised or promoted through tourist channels to be temporarily and entirely made available to third parties, on a regular basis, for tourism purposes and in exchange for a price.
Tourist accommodations in Castilla La Mancha must be offered as an entire place (single unit).
In Castilla La Mancha you need to register any accommodation you plan to offer as a tourist accommodation within the Tourism Register of Castilla La Mancha. As part of the process, you will first need to submit a statement of responsibility to the Territorial Delegation of Economy, Companies and Employment that declares compliance with current regulations and any other requirements foreseen at regional and local levels.
To do so, you will need to fill an online form you can access at the following link. Please note that you will be required to provide a valid identification, such as a digital certificate or Cl@ve, and to provide the following information:
Also, bear in mind that you must have the following documents available in the event of an inspection by the relevant authorities:
After you complete the registration process successfully, a registration number will be assigned to your tourist accommodation (Example: 00000000000).
In order to host in Spain, you may also have the obligation to obtain a national registration number with the Property Registry and display it when listing your properties on Airbnb.
Review this article for further information on your national registration obligations and other relevant topics.
Castilla La Mancha requires you to display your registration number, as well as the conditions regarding the reservation policy, on any form of advertisement for your tourist accommodations, including when you list your accommodation on Airbnb. There’s a field you can use to include your registration number in the Listing details.
Also, in Castilla La Mancha it is mandatory to display an official plaque issued by the tourism authorities in a visible place next to the main entrance of the accommodation.
To learn more about how Castilla La Mancha tourist accommodation regulations may be applicable to you or to your property, you can contact the Territorial Delegation of Economy, Companies and Employment.