Property Registration and Legal Permit in India

[Mansi0]

Hello all you wonderful hosts in India!

I hope you are having a great time hosting interesting people and shariang exciting experiences!

My question is about legality of hosting a property on Airbnb in India and the permits/registration required to do so. From Airbnb’s website, I understand that hosts are responsible for communicating this with the local government.  I have contacted the Ministry of Tourism office, here in Bangalore, who suggested registration of a property listing for home-stay or bed and breakfasts is not mandatory and establishments can be run without any restriction.

However, after going through the section under Responsible Hosting - Registration of Guests ( https://www.airbnb.co.in/help/responsible-hosting ), I believe the regulations in India require maintaining a register for guest check-in and check-out records. Furthermore, there are certain forms like Form C  and Form F , which property and listing details need to be mentioned. This contradicts the statement by the representative from the Ministry of Tourism and the ambiguity still prevails.

I would greatly appreciate if you could share your experiences and advise on how you have gone about the legality of your listing registration, permits and guest records.

Many thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

Mansi

[Annapurna1]

Hi Natasha,

Is it resolved?

Would like to follow up. It will be a great help for all of us.

Regardz

Annapurna

[Nishikant1]

Hi, Natasha did you find any solution for this? I am facing the same problem in Mumbai Plz guide 

Regards,

Nishikant.

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[Bibesh0]

can we open homestay at Darjeeling tea gareden area wheras please let me kmoe if it is illiegal.do i need specail permi to host guest in Tea GARDEN AREA.

[Aditya-Narayan0]

Facing the same problem with my apartment society- they are a bunch of old-fashioned people, who are against foreigners and in particular, the clothes they wear, and hence, are objecting to something which falls in the grey area, as far as Bed and Breakfasting is concerned, in Tamil Nadu Chennai - can anybody shed light on the same?

[SpringsD0]

Hi

Most of the resident associations are ignorant, they can't stop you from hosting foreiners or any body at your place.

Rules are:

1) Maintain a register of all guests staying at your place, something like the one they do in a hotel.

2) For foreign nationals, fill up formC - online, very easy.

https://indianfrro.gov.in/frro/FormC

Registration is simple and online.

As long as your guests do not cause nuisance to neighbours i.e drinking or loud music etc.  You are free to make extra money, it is perfectly legal, airbnb is paying taxes to the govt. You should take on the society through airbnb legal route or a private lawyer.

Vasanthi

[Mukesh1]

Hi,i am new to Airbnb ,have any one complaint to the police that u r hosting guest,if yes what action did police take ,

[Ram16]

Thank you very much for the information regarding hosting through Air inb . Do we have to maintain any other register apart from guest register and digestion book

[Mahendra5]

Dear Vasanthi

I require your below lines

Rules are:

1) Maintain a register of all guests staying at your place, something like the one they do in a hotel.

2) For foreign nationals, fill up formC - online, very easy.

Now my society people tell me they need to see police verification of guests. They need agreement with tenent registered copy all just like the standard requirements of 11 month agreement. This is funny when it comes to Airbnb hosting. We do follow  the 2 rules that  as mentioned above. However when you say resident associations can't prevent us from hosting. Is there any supreme Court law or verdit or any GR issued by govt on these lines. Any details on this will greatly help pls do share.

Thanks & Regards

Mahendra

[Saj4]

So there is no requirement to register your house as “home stay” or  a“Sevice Villa” to host your house in Airbnb other than filing Form C for foreigners and keeping a hotel like register? This is my understanding too, but the difficulty is how/who can confirm this is all required? 

thanks,

Saj

[Sumeet9]

Yes , You are Right !!

[Amit33]

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[Sanjay14]

Hi Mansi,

Did you sort out your problems ?

Apologies, but this is not relevent to your topic.

Could you please help me out on setting up host formalities in bangalore?

I have a 3 bed flat which is newly renovated to high standards.

Kind Regards,

Sanjay

[Sanjay16]

I'm also looking for this information to host in bangalore. Anyone has any further update on this?

[Azeem1]

Hello Everyone,

I am   thinking of hosting my 2  bedroom flat in goa.Can someone help me with legal requirement for hosting property on Airbnb in Goa.Thank  you

Kind Regards,

[Harsh4]

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