Airbnb management in South Vancouver
Away for a few months, or travelling more than you are home? If your South Vancouver house is where you live, it may be able to take guests while you are gone. That depends on which part of the property you live in, and we check it at a free review before we 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 for a South Vancouver house
- It has to be where you live. Vancouver limits short-term rentals, meaning stays of less than 90 consecutive days, to your principal residence. Vancouver is also on the provincial principal residence list.
- One unit, the one you live in. If the property has a basement suite or a laneway home, the City allows that unit to be rented short term only when it is where you live. The main house and its suite cannot both be rented out short term.
- Your landlord or strata, if you have one. A tenant can host only the home they live in, with the landlord's written approval. If the home is in a strata, the strata's approval in writing comes before the licence application.
- A licence and a registration. The City licence number goes on every listing, and once you have it, you register with the provincial registry and renew each year.
When short stays do not fit
A house you have moved out of, or a suite you do not live in, cannot take short stays in Vancouver. Renting out a home you own for 90 days or more at a time needs the City's long-term rental business licence, and our guide to 90-day stays explains what changes. bnbHost runs short stays, so we tell you plainly at the review if yours is not a home we can take on.
Getting a family house ready for guests
- What guests may use. You decide which rooms, closets and spaces are open to guests, and we agree it with you before the first booking.
- Photos and the listing. Professional photos, the listing and pricing, with your licence number shown.
- A welcome book for your street. Check-in, Wi-Fi, house rules and the neighbourhood, so guests find their way without calling you.
- Keys without you there. Key exchange planned for your door, so guests get in and out while you are away.
While you are away
- Guests come to us. Questions, problems and requests go to bnbHost, not to you or your neighbours.
- Between stays. Cleaning, laundry and repairs, so the house is ready for the next guest.
- The paperwork. Licensing support for the City licence and the provincial registration.
What stays with you
- Living there. The principal residence rule is about where you live, so it is yours to meet.
- Any long-term tenancy. A tenant in your suite or laneway home is your tenancy, not part of the hosting.
- The written approvals. If a landlord or strata has a say, the request comes from you.
Questions South Vancouver owners ask
My suite has a long-term tenant. Can the main house still be hosted?
Tell us at the review. The City rule is about which unit you live in and which unit is rented short term, and we go through your property's set-up with you before anything is listed.
Can I host the suite and live upstairs?
No. In Vancouver a suite or laneway home can be a short-term rental only when it is the unit you live in.
Do you cover all of South Vancouver?
Yes. It is 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 South Vancouver home
Send us the address, which part of the property you live in and the dates you are usually away. We look at the City rules and your own situation, and tell you what can be hosted. The full rules are in our Vancouver short-term rental rules guide, and the licence steps are in our Vancouver business licence guide.
Checked on 14 November 2026: Province of BC, principal residence requirement 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.