Airbnb management in Downtown Vancouver and the West End
If your home downtown or in the West End is an apartment, whether it can take short stays depends on your building as much as on the City. We check both at a free review, then run the hosting for you.
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.
What decides it in a downtown apartment
- It has to be the home you live in. Vancouver limits short-term rentals, meaning stays under 90 days, to your principal residence. Vancouver is also on the provincial principal residence list. A condo you own but do not live in generally cannot be rented for stays under 90 days.
- Your strata has a say. A BC strata can limit or ban short-term rentals with a bylaw passed by a 3/4 vote of owners, and fine up to $1,000 a day when that bylaw is broken. The City wants the strata's approval in writing before you apply for a licence.
- So does your landlord, if you rent. A tenant can host only in the home they live in, and only with the landlord's written approval.
- A licence and a registration. The City licence number goes on every listing, and hosts in BC must also register with the provincial registry and renew each year.
When short stays do not fit
If the condo is not where you live, short stays are not open to it. A let of 90 days or more falls outside the short-term rental rules, and our guide to 90-day stays explains what changes. bnbHost runs short stays, so we tell you plainly at the review if your home is not one we can take on.
What we handle for a downtown home
- Getting in. Key exchange planned around your building's entry rules, so guests reach the right door without you there.
- House rules guests read. Your strata's rules go into the welcome book every guest gets, and 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
- The written approvals. Your strata council and your landlord answer to you, so the request comes from you.
- Living there. The principal residence rule is about where you live, so it is yours to meet.
Questions downtown owners ask
Can I put my downtown condo on Airbnb if I live somewhere else?
Not for stays under 90 days. In Vancouver a short-term rental has to be your principal residence. Our guide to 90-day stays covers what changes for longer lets.
My building allows rentals. Does that cover Airbnb?
Not always. A strata bylaw can treat short stays differently from long-term rentals, which is why we look at your building's position before we take the home on. Our strata and building guide explains why we never publish a list of buildings.
Do you cover Yaletown and Coal Harbour?
Yes. They are part of our Vancouver short-term rental management, the same as the rest of the city. Give us the address at the review.
Tell us about your downtown home
Send us the address and how you want to use it. We look at the building, the licence and your own situation, and tell you what can be hosted. The full rules are in our Vancouver short-term rental rules guide.
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.