A new government bill would let mayors and other local leaders in England charge a nightly tourist tax on short-term rentals and holiday lets, following similar moves already under way in Scotland and Wales.
East Lothian Council has held off setting a tourist tax rate for short-term lets and hotels, asking officers for further scrutiny instead of a formal proposal.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has rolled out Homes & Havens, a collection of professionally managed vacation rentals that members of its Wyndham Rewards program can now book and earn points on.
A Somerset short-term rental host has been fined after a case found paying guests faced a 'serious' risk to their safety, underlining England's reliance on housing and fire law rather than a licensing system.
Short-term rental manager HostUplift will list eligible UK and Ireland properties on Sykes Holiday Cottages, giving owners a booking channel beyond Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com.
HM Revenue & Customs is promising more guidance to landlords and sole traders facing their first mandatory quarterly tax update under Making Tax Digital.
A Booking.com survey of accommodation professionals finds nearly two-thirds have watched guests abandon a reservation because their preferred payment method wasn't offered.
Modelling from holiday-cottage agency Finest Retreats finds that reclassifying qualifying holiday lets as second homes could cut the average managed property's annual profit by 96 percent.
Two North Wales councils have ruled out a tourist tax for now, while Gwynedd has pushed its decision back to work through consultation responses.
A trade body representing Scotland's self-catering operators wants Argyll and Bute Council to apologize for and fix short-term let licensing correspondence it says misled hosts about their obligations.
Owners who run holiday lets as a business say a 70-night letting rule and council tax premiums of up to 100% are treating them like absentee second-home owners.
Planners in the Lake District National Park have approved a holiday letting property for dual use as a short-term rental or private home, but only if any resident meets a local occupancy test.
Sykes Holiday Cottages says its September 2025 bookings ran 3% ahead of last year, as domestic breaks push further into the shoulder season.
A survey of holiday let owners finds close to half say profits rose in the months after April's tax changes stripped away reliefs unique to furnished holiday lets.
Self-catering operators and hospitality trade groups shared a platform with MSPs from every major party to press for relief on licensing costs, rates and the coming visitor levy.
Legislation expected before Parliament within months would let regional mayors charge hotels, holiday rentals and Airbnb-style stays a nightly fee with no statutory ceiling.
Cumberland Building Society reports rising demand for holiday let mortgages even after the tax break that made the sector attractive was scrapped and licensing rules tightened across Scotland and Wales.
Homeowners in the East Lothian seaside town want the local council to curb the spread of cottages converted into short-term rentals.
Scotland's self-catering trade body says Glasgow's next City Development Plan would treat short-term lets as an unacceptable land use across most of the city, adding a planning hurdle on top of the national licensing scheme already in force.
The furnished holiday letting tax regime ended on April 6, 2025, and owners have until January 31 to claim its benefits one final time on last year's return.