A free channel manager for individual Airbnb hosts in Switzerland
A free channel manager for a Swiss host has to track canton-by-canton rules, not a national one. There is no national Swiss short-term-rental law or registration requirement; Geneva caps unauthorized primary-residence rentals at 90 days a year, Ticino has required a displayed registration number since 2022, and from May 2026 more locations are adding their own registration-number rules. getfursat's free tier syncs Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda regardless of your specific canton's rules.
Swiss short lets sell mainly through Airbnb and Booking.com. This is one of the most fragmented regulatory pictures on this list, federal tax law, cantonal regulation, municipal housing restrictions, tourist tax, and in many cases tenancy law under the Swiss Code of Obligations all apply at once, with no single canton's rule serving as a reliable guide to any other.
There is no single "Swiss Airbnb law"; short-term rentals are governed by a combination of federal tax law, cantonal regulations, municipal housing restrictions, tourist tax obligations, and in many cases tenancy law under the Swiss Code of Obligations. Specific cantons illustrate how much this varies: Geneva caps unauthorized short-term rentals of primary residences at 90 days a year without special authorization; Vaud Canton (Montreux) requires a formal autorisation de changement d'affectation for anything over 90 nights a year; Interlaken has required registration and a 5-night minimum stay in residential zones since 2019; and Ticino has required hosts to obtain and display a registration number since 1 February 2022. From May 2026, more locations are adding official per-listing registration-number requirements, though Switzerland still has no single national system. Tourist tax (an accommodation charge collected from guests) is standard in most municipalities, including Zurich, Basel, Geneva, Bern, and Lucerne.
Switzerland's canton-by-canton, and sometimes municipality-by-municipality, fragmentation means a host with properties in Geneva and Ticino is following two entirely unrelated rule sets under the same national tax system, closer to the US or Australia's state-level fragmentation than to Spain's single national registry, which makes "what's the rule in Switzerland" an unanswerable question without naming the specific canton.
Is there a national registration number required for Swiss Airbnb listings?
No, not nationally. Requirements are set canton by canton and municipality by municipality; Ticino has required a displayed registration number since 2022, and more locations are adding their own from May 2026, but there's still no single Swiss system.
What is Geneva's short-term rental night cap?
90 days a year for unauthorized rentals of a primary residence, beyond which special authorization is required. Nearby Vaud Canton (Montreux) requires a formal change-of-use authorisation for anything over 90 nights a year, a similar but separately administered rule.
Do I have to collect tourist tax on Swiss short-term rentals?
In most municipalities, yes, including Zurich, Basel, Geneva, Bern, and Lucerne, where a per-guest accommodation tax is a standard requirement regardless of cantonal registration rules.
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Switzerland cantonal regulation details checked 2026-07-29 against Hostaway, Riviera Host, the Swiss Property Owners Association and The Upper Key 2026 coverage of Geneva's 90-day cap, Vaud/Montreux's change-of-use authorisation, Interlaken's 2019 rules, and Ticino's registration-number requirement since 2022.