Airbnb management for condo and strata owners
Own a condo or townhouse in Vancouver? Whether it can take short stays depends on your strata's bylaws as much as on the City's rules. We check both at a free review, then run the hosting around your building.
The property review is free. If your home cannot be hosted, we tell you before any photos or set-up. General information, not legal advice.
Three things decide it for a strata home
- Your strata's bylaws. In BC, a strata corporation can limit or ban short-term rentals, meaning stays of less than 90 consecutive days, with a bylaw passed by a 3/4 vote of owners. The fine for breaking that bylaw can reach $1,000 a day. Our strata and building guide explains why only your own building's bylaws count.
- Whether you live there. Vancouver limits short-term rentals to your principal residence, and it is also one of the communities on the provincial principal residence list. A condo you own but do not live in cannot be rented for stays under 90 days.
- Approval in writing, a licence and a registration. The City wants your strata's written approval, and your landlord's too if you rent, before you apply for its short-term rental licence. The licence number goes on every listing, and hosts must also register with the provincial registry and renew each year.
If short stays are not allowed in your building
When the bylaws rule out stays under 90 days, or the condo is not where you live, nightly hosting is off the table. Longer furnished stays can be another way to use it: in Vancouver, renting out a home you own for 90 days or more at a time needs a long-term rental business licence, and our guide to 90-day stays explains what changes. bnbHost runs short stays, so we say plainly at the review if yours is not a home we can take on.
What we handle in a strata building
- Getting in. Key exchange planned around how your building lets people in, so guests reach your door without you there.
- Your strata's rules, in writing. Quiet hours and the rules for shared spaces go into the welcome book every guest gets.
- One contact for guests. Guests come to us, not to you or your neighbours.
- The listing. Photos, the listing and pricing, with your licence number shown.
- Between stays. Cleaning, laundry and repairs, so the home is ready for the next guest.
- The paperwork. Licensing support for the City licence and the provincial registration.
What stays with you
- Asking your strata. Your council answers to you as an owner, so the request for written approval comes from you.
- Living there. The principal residence rule is about where you live, so it is yours to meet.
- Your vote. Short-term rental bylaws are made by owners' votes, so your say at strata meetings stays yours.
Questions condo owners ask
Can I put my condo on Airbnb if I do not live in it?
Not for stays under 90 days in Vancouver. A short-term rental there has to be your principal residence, so a condo you rent out is usually a case for longer stays instead.
Does a townhouse follow the same rules?
If it is part of a strata, yes. The strata's bylaws apply to a townhouse the same way they apply to an apartment.
My building allows rentals. Does that cover short stays?
Not always. A bylaw can treat short stays differently from long-term rentals, so we look at your building's position before we take the home on.
My condo is outside Vancouver. Can you still look at it?
Yes. Strata bylaws work the same way across BC, the principal residence requirement applies in the communities on the provincial list, and some cities add rules of their own. See the areas we serve and our BC short-term rental rules guide; owners there can ask for a free property review too.
Tell us about your condo
Send us the address and how you want to use the home. We look at the bylaws, the licence and your own situation, and tell you what can be hosted. Downtown or in the West End? See what decides it in a downtown apartment. The City rules are in our Vancouver short-term rental rules guide, and the full service is on our Vancouver management page.
Checked on 14 November 2026: Province of BC, principal residence requirement, Province of BC, strata short-term rental bylaws and Province of BC, short-term rental registry. City of Vancouver rules as read on 11 November 2026: City of Vancouver, short-term rentals and City of Vancouver, long-term rental business licence.