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Short-term letting, without unpleasant surprises.

Guest arrivals, cleaning, linen, furnishing, inventories: what we have learnt on the ground, written for owners.

  • 8 guides
  • Official texts cited
  • Updated September 2026

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Airbnb in Lyon: the rules

Letting a furnished tourist rental in Lyon is regulated. Here is the essence of what the City requires, checked against its official pages on 18 September 2026, and who to contact about your own case.

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Welcoming your guests

The moment a guest opens the door often decides the review they leave. In our experience, arrivals that go wrong almost always have the same cause: a missing piece of information. Here is how to leave nothing to chance.

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Cleaning after check-out: always?

It is one of the first questions we are asked. Both are done; one makes life simpler, the other a little harder. Here is what we see, visit after visit.

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Sheets and towels: provide them?

In our experience, linen is often the first thing to go wrong: a missing set, a stained pillowcase, a machine that did not have time to run. Here is how to organise it and stop worrying about it.

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Welcome supplies: what to leave?

The law requires nothing. But a guest who arrives late and tired and finds a way to wash their hands and make a cup of tea starts off on the right foot. Here is what we check, visit after visit.

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Furnishing a holiday rental

Three levels to tell apart: what the law requires, what serves as a benchmark, and what guests take for granted. Here is how we sort them out with owners.

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Do you need an inventory?

For a holiday stay, the law does not require one. Yet the day a sofa comes back stained, it is the only thing that matters. Here is how to do it quickly and well.

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Stays of several weeks

When a guest stays a month, the property is lived in like a home. A visit halfway through keeps it in good shape — provided the guest agrees.

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