Defining a Florida Vacation Rental

Florida law defines a “Public lodging establishment" as transient and non-transient public lodging establishments. [Section 509.013(4), FS]

Transient public lodging establishment means “any unit, group of units, dwelling, building, or group of buildings within a single complex of buildings which is rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is less, or which is advertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests.”

Vacation Rental: Vacation rentals are transient public lodging establishments defined in s. 509.242(1)(c), FS, as any unit or group of units in a condominium or cooperative or any individually or collectively owned single-family, two-family, three-family, or four-family house or dwelling unit that is also a transient public lodging establishment, but that is not a timeshare project.

License Classifications

Vacation rentals and timeshare project licenses have three different classifications (61C-1.002(4)(a), F.A.C.):

• Single License: This may include one home, townhouse, or a unit or group of units within a single building where the owner operates.
• Group License: Covers all units within a building or group of buildings in a single complex licensed to a licensed agent. (Multiple group licenses may be issued to different licensed agents for units located on the same property.)
• Collective License: Issued to a group of houses or units found in separate locations that the same licensed agent represents. (A collective license may have a maximum of 75 houses or units per license and is restricted to counties within one district.)

Information gathered and shared from the Florid Alliance for Vacation Rentals (FAVR)

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