Airbnb and Booking.com could receive fines worth millions of euro under new letting rules

Airbnb and Booking.com could receive fines worth millions of euro under new letting rules

The rules are due to kick in in May 2026.

Airbnb - a short-term accommodation business model is creating controversy when selling different types of rooms from hotels to apartments, private houses, and condominiums.

Airbnb face multimillion-euro fines under tough new rules

The Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 will introduce penalties for platforms such as Airbnb that allow short-term lets without planning permission to be advertised on their sites when it comes into law next year. Online platforms could be fined up to 2% of their annual revenue for breaches of the long-awaited legislation, which was published on April 17. In the case of Airbnb last year that would amount to €96million. However, there remai…