Whether you manage a rural house, campsite, a hostel or tourist home advertised on an OTA platform (such as Airbnb, HomeAway and Booking), the state of Florida requires you to register and maintain records of your guests. However, the exact details and duration of this requirement varies depending on the city.
These requirements can be challenging to keep up with, especially for hosts who are renting homes in more than one municipality.
Responsibility is as a home sharing host in Florida
According to Title XXXIII, Chapter 509:
“It is the duty of each operator of a transient establishment to maintain at all times a register, signed by or for guests who occupy rental units within the establishment, showing the dates upon which the rental units were occupied by such guests and the rates charged for their occupancy. This register shall be maintained in chronological order and available for inspection by the division at any time. Operators need not make available registers which are more than 2 years old.”
In Florida, it is the responsibility of the renter to maintain this information in the event of an inspection. Chekin takes care of your legal obligations surrounding guest registration and record keeping.
Currently, HomeAway, Airbnb and other home sharing services do not have the capability to maintain guest information. Attempting to store this information on your own is cumbersome, and you can put your guests’ information at risk of being compromised if not stored properly.
Application that completes the guest registration process and maintains records
Chekin takes care of your legal obligations surrounding guest registration and record keeping.
Chekin securely stores all your guests’ data and makes it readily available in the case of an inspection or an emergency.
This platform is especially useful for renters of multiple properties because maintaining all this information can become complicated, and Chekin has the capability to display guest information based on which property they rented.
With Chekin, you can scan your guests ID/ passport to automatically store the information, or you can manually input the guest data into the application. Afterwards, simply ask your guest to virtually sign.
Don’t forget to add the process of guest registration to your checklist as an Airbnb host!
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