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Tourist licences in Valencia and Alicante, explained (2026)
The master guide: the 5 steps, the live town by town status table, real official fees, and what changed in 2024 to 2026.
Legal updateThe national rental registry was annulled. Your regional licence was not.
STS 620/2026 explained: what fell, what survives, the two owner mistakes, and the fee refund angle.
For flat ownersThe community 3/5 vote for tourist rentals
Since April 2025 the community decides first. How the rule works, who is protected, and how the vote is actually won.
Keep your licenceThe 5-year renewal and its one month window
Licences expire; the renewal window is the month before. Why a lost licence may be irreplaceable, and the 2029 wave.
Once you rentSES.Hospedajes: every guest, reported within 24 hours
Spain's guest registration duty for holiday rentals: who is obliged, the 3-year records, the fines, and how to make it painless.
For buyersBuying a property WITH a tourist licence: the asset and the traps
In closed towns the licence is part of what you buy. The change of holder, the 5-year clock, and the registry clean-up trap.
Once you rentTax on holiday lets: what a non-resident owner actually pays
Tax on the rent you collect, and again on the weeks it sits empty. Two owners means two returns, and the Brexit change that costs British owners the most.