Guides for hosts
An overview and 47 articles from setting up your business to connecting your calendars, arranged by the stages of your business.
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47 articlesTrade licence or s.r.o.? Decide in 10 minutes
Comparison · 17 min read · step 1 of 4
How to set up a trade licence for accommodation: step by step in one afternoon
How-to · 15 min read · step 2 of 4
How to set up an s.r.o. for renting out apartments (and what to watch out for)
How-to · 14 min read · step 3 of 4
Data box: 20 minutes that save you years of trudging between offices
How-to · 12 min read · step 4 of 4
Business premises signage: the sign an inspection looks for first
How-to · 14 min read · step 1 of 4
Municipal waste: the owners' association bins are not yours
How-to · 13 min read · step 2 of 4
Stay fee: every municipality sets it differently — and you are the one collecting it
How-to · 20 min read · step 3 of 4
UbyPort without the stress: how to report foreign guests to the foreign police correctly
How-to · 25 min read · step 4 of 4
Online check-in and the guest portal: fewer messages, happier guests
App guide · 17 min read · step 1 of 4
The guest register: what must not be missing (and what does not belong there)
Overview · 20 min read · step 2 of 4
GDPR and guest data: what you may, what you must and what is forbidden
Overview · 24 min read · step 3 of 4
EU sanctions lists: the duty 99 % of hosts have never heard of
Overview · 20 min read · step 4 of 4
How to tax Airbnb income: § 7, not § 9 — and why it matters
Explainer · 28 min read · step 1 of 3
Identified person: the VAT on Airbnb and Booking commissions almost nobody knows about
How-to · 30 min read · step 2 of 3
The 2 million limit: when you become a VAT payer and what it does to your prices
Explainer · 24 min read · step 3 of 3
iCal: how to link calendars so a double booking never happens
How-to · 17 min read · step 1 of 4
Channel manager: when iCal stops being enough
Comparison · 19 min read · step 2 of 4
Czech portals for cottages and cabins: where to list and how to link calendars
Overview · 18 min read · step 3 of 4
Cleaning without phone calls: your cleaner's own portal
App guide · 13 min read · step 4 of 4
The guest didn't show up, left early or brought two extra people: what about reporting, the registers and the tourist tax
5 min read ·
Where guests to the Czech Republic come from: nationalities by month
7 min read ·
Occupancy by city and season
6 min read ·
Ubyo vs. an Excel spreadsheet: what it saves and what it doesn't
6 min read ·
A guest with no ID, an expired passport, or a child without an ID card: what to record and what to refuse
8 min read ·
An invoice or a receipt? What a guest can ask for and what you have to issue
7 min read ·
Seasonal cleaning, inspections and legally required checks for your apartment: an annual calendar
6 min read ·
7 obligations Airbnb hosts in the Czech Republic most often forget
5 min read ·
Reporting foreign guests to the police within 3 days: what it looks like in practice (and what happens if you miss it)
4 min read ·
Guest register vs. house book: two registers, one guest
4 min read ·
Tourist tax: how much I collect, who is exempt and how the municipality checks it
4 min read ·
Sanctions lists and Airbnb: do I really have to screen my guests?
3 min read ·
Copying guests' ID documents is prohibited. What you may record and what you may not
4 min read ·
Trade license or rental? When “I rent out my apartment” becomes an accommodation service
4 min read ·
eTurista: what the new central system for hosts is and what will change for you
3 min read ·
Tourist tax rates 2027: what's changing in the big cities and how to check yours
3 min read ·
DAC7: what Airbnb and Booking have been reporting about you to the tax office since 2023
3 min read ·
Changes in UbyPort: what changed most recently and how you'll find out about the next ones
4 min read ·
Prague and short-term rental regulation: what actually applies (and what's just proposals)
3 min read ·
Identified person for VAT: why almost every Airbnb host needs it
3 min read ·
Reverse charge VAT on Airbnb and Booking commissions, step by step
4 min read ·
How to tax income from short-term rentals: Section 7 vs. Section 9, flat-rate expenses, actual expenses
5 min read ·
When will I exceed the VAT registration threshold, and what happens then
3 min read ·
Online check-in: why guests fill it in before they even arrive (and how to get them to)
4 min read ·
A cleaning team with no access to guest data: how to hand over cleanings, supplies and repairs
3 min read ·
iCal from Airbnb and Booking: what it can do, what it can't, and when you need a PMS
3 min read ·
Energy bills for your apartment: how to get the real consumption out of the invoice
3 min read ·
A host's recurring expenses: the list people forget
4 min read ·
A guest portal in your guests' languages: what belongs there and what just annoys them
3 min read ·