10 day plus seasonal rental.

Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2025 10:43pm

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Kenbo

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Does anyone know of any amendments to the 10day seasonal rental limit law introduced in the Valencian region at the back end of last year ? I remember a lively discussion on here.

The original intention I believe was that the 10 day plus seasonal rental was not meant to be used for tourist rentals etc.

The reason for my question is that I am aware of administrational type companies now offering a 10day plus license with cert number to enable owners to ' legally ' advertise their tourist rental on websites.

They charge around €70 and app €30 for the licence.

Now, I'm not saying for one minute that this is legal or that I intend to do this but definitely curious of others latest experiences to any changes from the original intent of the law.

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Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2025 11:13pm

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Posted: Tue Jun 3, 2025 11:13pm

Kenbo wrote on Tue Jun 3, 2025 10:43pm:
Does anyone know of any amendments to the 10day seasonal rental limit law introduced in the Valencian region at the back end of last year ? I remember a lively discussion on here.
The original intention I believe was that the 10 day plus seasonal rental was not meant to be used for tourist rentals etc....

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The reason for my question is that I am aware of administrational type companies now offering a 10day plus license with cert number to enable owners to ' legally ' advertise their tourist rental on websites.
They charge around €70 and app €30 for the licence.
Now, I'm not saying for one minute that this is legal or that I intend to do this but definitely curious of others latest experiences to any changes from the original intent of the law.
Ken.

There are 3 different types of rentals in law.

1)Tourist-up to 10days

2)Seasonal/Medium term-from 11days up to 11months

3) Long term

2 and 3 do not require licences but the criteria for rental differs

https://blog.resales-online.com/en/decree-law-9-2024-10-day-rental/

Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 8:46pm

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Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 8:46pm

Kenbo wrote on Tue Jun 3, 2025 10:43pm:
Does anyone know of any amendments to the 10day seasonal rental limit law introduced in the Valencian region at the back end of last year ? I remember a lively discussion on here.
The original intention I believe was that the 10 day plus seasonal rental was not meant to be used for tourist rentals etc....

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The reason for my question is that I am aware of administrational type companies now offering a 10day plus license with cert number to enable owners to ' legally ' advertise their tourist rental on websites.
They charge around €70 and app €30 for the licence.
Now, I'm not saying for one minute that this is legal or that I intend to do this but definitely curious of others latest experiences to any changes from the original intent of the law.
Ken.

The regulations still stands, legal holiday letting is max 10 nights per booking. Consecutive bookings by same guests cannot be used to bypass the regulation.

11+ days is strictly NOT for tourist/holiday lets. 11+ days to 11 months is often called seasonal letting. The new NRA (single lease register number) is required for seasonal letting. If the property is also used for holiday lets then a separate NRA, as well as the Tourist License, is required. I wonder if the "license" they are referring to is the NRA number, which isn't a license at all.

The owner, or agent, must pre-register which months they will holiday let under a tourist license and which months they will seasonal let (effectively deregistering as a holiday let for those months). The seasonal let months cannot be advertised for holidays.

Seasonal lets are for seasonal workers, students, those on short length work visas, people in Spain for medical appointments, etc, but not for people looking for an extended holiday, or even (sadly) a two week family summer holiday.

When seasonal letting an LAU compliant contract is required and "tourist services" cannot be offered.

I hope that makes sense.

Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 9:02pm

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Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 9:02pm

Davebev1 wrote on Wed Jun 4, 2025 8:46pm:
The regulations still stands, legal holiday letting is max 10 nights per booking. Consecutive bookings by same guests cannot be used to bypass the regulation.
11+ days is strictly NOT for tourist/holiday lets. 11+ days to 11 months is often called seasonal letting. The new NRA (single lease register number) is required for seasonal letting. If the property is also used for holiday lets then a separate NRA, as well as the Tourist License, is required. I...

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... wonder if the "license" they are referring to is the NRA number, which isn't a license at all.
The owner, or agent, must pre-register which months they will holiday let under a tourist license and which months they will seasonal let (effectively deregistering as a holiday let for those months). The seasonal let months cannot be advertised for holidays.
Seasonal lets are for seasonal workers, students, those on short length work visas, people in Spain for medical appointments, etc, but not for people looking for an extended holiday, or even (sadly) a two week family summer holiday.
When seasonal letting an LAU compliant contract is required and "tourist services" cannot be offered.
I hope that makes sense.

Yes it does make sense and I also knew that you would know the exact take on my above question.

As usual someone is bending the rules to make a few €€

Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:03pm

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Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:03pm

You might be interested in the contents of this link:

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/spain-barcelona-tourist-protest-airbnb-b2763424.html

Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:26pm

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Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:26pm

John123456 wrote on Thu Jun 5, 2025 5:03pm:
You might be interested in the contents of this link:
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/spain-barcelona-tourist-protest-airbnb-b2763424.html

This article has appeared in several local English speaking papers. Currently the Spanish Supreme Court are involved as (predictably) Airbnb are appealing. However the Supreme Court still ruled that nearly 6000 be removed immediately and the rest are expected to be removed at a later date. With the introduction of the new NRA (Single Lease Registry Number) it will be illegal for these sites to carry any ads for a property for either Tourist Letting (with a License) or other forms of short-term lets (often referred to as seasonal) from July that are not on the new register. That date may have a last minute postponement as, predictably, the system in place for processing these numbers is backlogged, but it will come into effect soon.

Airbnb have been fined before (if memory serves me correctly it was around €600,000) for having illegal lets on their website, but they still got away with it because they used a loophole about being based outside the EU. It is because of these sites facilitating the illegal lets that things have got out of hand. The Town Halls have had control for many years over the number of Tourist Licenses issued in their municipalities, and have been able to restrict it to zero if they wished. The Town Halls also have control over planning permissions, so could have refused permission for new "holiday let" complexes and insisted in more affordable residential properties being built, but in many cases they haven't done that. Now they are cribbing because they granted so many Licenses and gave permission for the 'wrong' type of buildings! But the illegal lets are rife and that needs curbing more than anything.

Posted: Sun Jun 8, 2025 11:50am

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Posted: Sun Jun 8, 2025 11:50am

I have posted about this before, i contacted a couple of rental agencies who both said rentals over 10 days are fine but you must have a seasonal rental contract not a tourist one. They said the authorities are not interested in the reason for the rental but they are checking that you have the correct type of contract.

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Posted: Sun Jun 8, 2025 12:05pm

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Posted: Sun Jun 8, 2025 12:05pm

harvest wrote on Sun Jun 8, 2025 11:50am:
I have posted about this before, i contacted a couple of rental agencies who both said rentals over 10 days are fine but you must have a seasonal rental contract not a tourist one. They said the authorities are not interested in the reason for the rental but they are checking that you have the co...

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...rrect type of contract.

Harvest

I guess that you would say " well the agencies would say that " they have a vested interest.

Regardless, 10 day plus seasonal contracts are strictly not for tourists.

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Posted: Sun Jun 8, 2025 12:37pm

harvest wrote on Sun Jun 8, 2025 11:50am:
I have posted about this before, i contacted a couple of rental agencies who both said rentals over 10 days are fine but you must have a seasonal rental contract not a tourist one. They said the authorities are not interested in the reason for the rental but they are checking that you have the co...

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...rrect type of contract.

The law is clear. Seasonal rentals are not for holiday use. Whether the authorities are, at this moment in time, enforcing it it is not the point, they can if they wish to and in the meantime a holiday rental over 10 nights is not permitted, and anything illegal is uninsured. People who book a holiday, especially through platforms, wrongly assume that they are booking a property that meets the legal requirements.

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Posted: Sun Jun 8, 2025 3:42pm

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Posted: Sun Jun 8, 2025 3:42pm

Apparently it has been checked out by their legal people and the authorities, there is no legal definition of tourism and people rent properties for many reasons (health, visiting friends etc etc) and i am assured the lets are fully insured and legit. That is probably why the authorities appear to be not interested in the reason for the let but will be enforcing the correct type of let.