Tenants want to officially register in the AirBnB apartment - what are your experiences?

[Sandra7384]

Hi,

I would like to rent out my apartment for the next 3-4 months and have now received many inquiries from exchange students as well as employees.
They all had the same issue: they want to officially register in my apartment for the period of the rental and register it with the residents' registration office. However, this is not desired or permitted on my part.
How do you deal with this, what are your experiences?
I have already included this addition in my apartment description.

I'm just surprised because I would never come up with such an idea myself when booking through Airbnb.

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Sandra7384 just because you areusing Airbnb it doesn't mean that you can ignore any of the laws regarding tenancies. Many many hosts fall foul of this when booking stays over 30 days or to people who do not have another home. In many of these cases an inadvertent tenancy is created with no contract or security deposits. Before becoming a host to anyone other than short term holidaymakers you need to research what it might mean.

[Sandra7384]

@Mike-And-Jane0 thanks for your answer. I will reconsider if I m not cancelling my listing and instead search for a tenand with a legal sub let contract.
It s my first time, "renting" for a longer period. Is there an article within AirBnB about the possible durations and consequences including hints? Thanks

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Sandra7384 no there isn't as it varies so much by country. In the US the states have different laws where many define a long term tenancy as over 30 days. In the UK it is even murkier with no length of stay defined but it seems to hinge on the status of a guest so if someone booked for2 weeks who was homeless they could then argue that they have created a  tenancy.

Its all a question of risk and how much you are willing to take. Anyone who then sub lets should probably be avoided as they are leaving all the risk with you. A respectable company using it for their employees could work though