Practical updates for Scottish short-term let hosts and operators.

A practical guide to fire risk assessments for Scottish self-catering properties, including responsibility, competence, records, reviews, licence checklists, and guest instructions.

A practical guide to PAT testing for Scottish short-term lets, including which appliances to include, competent testers, labels, reports, retest timing, and guest access.

A practical guide to annual gas safety checks for Scottish holiday lets, including Gas Safe engineers, renewal timing, LPG appliances, guest records, and failed inspections.

A practical guide for operators managing multiple Scottish Airbnb properties and visitor levy obligations across council rules, property records, exemptions, and quarterly returns.

A practical comparison of LevyTrack and spreadsheets for Scottish visitor levy tracking, including when spreadsheets work, where they break, and when automation is worth it.

A practical guide for Scottish Airbnb hosts on tracking visitor levy without losing booking dates, accommodation-only charges, exemptions, council rules, and quarterly return evidence.

A practical guide to Electrical Installation Condition Report requirements for Scottish short-term lets, including five-year inspections, competent persons, PAT links, remedial work, and guest records.

A practical guide to the certificates and evidence Scottish Airbnb hosts may need, including STL licence, gas safety, EICR, PAT, EPC, fire safety, insurance, Legionella, and planning.

A practical Scottish short-term let compliance checklist covering licences, certificates, EICR, PAT, gas safety, fire safety, EPCs, insurance, guest information, planning, and renewals.

A practical guide for Scottish accommodation providers preparing quarterly visitor levy returns, including booking records, council totals, exemptions, reconciliation, and portal submission.

A practical recordkeeping checklist for Scottish visitor levy compliance, covering booking dates, stay dates, accommodation charges, extras, exemptions, returns, and evidence.

A practical explanation for Airbnb and short-term let hosts on when Scottish visitor levy applies, who pays it, what hosts need to collect, and what records to keep.

A practical guide to calculating Scottish visitor levy for short-term lets, including accommodation-only charges, booking cutoffs, night caps, VAT, exemptions, and return records.

How Scotland's visitor levy interacts with VAT, turnover, accommodation-only charges, extras, platforms, and records for short-term let operators.

What Scottish accommodation providers should prepare before submitting visitor levy quarterly returns, including accommodation totals, exemptions, evidence, and council differences.

A practical explanation of how Edinburgh's visitor levy interacts with accommodation charges, VAT, turnover, extras, and booking records.

A practical guide to visitor levy quarterly returns, five-year recordkeeping, booking evidence, payment records, and accommodation-only figures.

A plain-English checklist for Scottish short-term let hosts preparing licence renewals, including gas safety, EICR, PAT, EPC, insurance, fire safety, and guest information.

A practical guide to Stirling visitor levy exemptions, the 14 June 2027 start date, booking cutoff, long-stay handling, residents, carers, and recordkeeping.

West Dunbartonshire plans to introduce a 5% visitor levy from 1 July 2027. Here is what accommodation providers need to know about booking cut-offs, extras, VAT, and quarterly returns.

A current, plain-English overview of Scotland's approved visitor levy schemes, live consultations, early council work, and what accommodation providers should watch.

A practical guide to how visitor levy works in the real world, including booking cutoffs, deposits, extras, and long-stay rules.

Edinburgh's visitor levy starts on 24 July 2026. Here is what hosts need to know about the 5% rate, booking cutoff rules, and practical prep work.

Glasgow's visitor levy starts on 25 January 2027. Here is what accommodation providers need to know about the 5% rate, advance booking rules, and practical preparation.

Highland Council has not set a final visitor levy implementation date. Here is where things stand, what the consultation means, and what hosts should watch next.