Holiday Home Rental Management Company

Before you rent your Perth property short-term, you must contact your local council.  Each local council has its bylaws to follow, with some having bylaws specific to short-term rental and holiday accommodation. For further information, see:

• ABLIS: Registration of Short-term Accommodation – Western Australia
• City of Fremantle – STRA Registration
• City of Perth – STRA Registration

Suppose you rent out your home or investment property short-term. In that case, your income is treated as residential rental income, so no ABN is required. Similarly, GST is not applied. However, if you run a commercial enterprise through Airbnb and charge GST, you must register for an ABN. See the ATO for more info.

Yes — if you choose to rent out your holiday home on Airbnb, you still get to decide when you make it available and when you want for yourself. This is one of the advantages of short-term rental over traditional rental terms.

Yes, preparation is always involved before renting out your place as a holiday home. At Cloudbnb, we will assess your home and tell you if it is a viable option for short-term rental. Then, we will recommend a list of tasks to help prepare your home. If your home is in excellent condition, you may need to organise sheets and towels and do the odd repair. However, suppose your house has a little more wear and tear. In that case, you may need to invest time in painting, decorating, and purchasing furnishings. It all depends on the financial return you’d like to get from your property.

Creating a great holiday home is about creating an experience, which can be done in many ways. Guests will always be slightly nervous before entering your home, so put them at ease by ensuring the house is spotlessly clean. Make sure there’s fresh linen and luxurious towels, and provide a homely feel by adding magazines, books and games. Leave some essentials like bread and milk and tasty snacks for them, along with a bottle of wine, and have a coffee machine in the kitchen. Also, give them helpful local information, such as places to eat and drink, and always provide vital emergency information.

Popular items to purchase or build for a holiday home include a washing machine and dryer, dishwasher, bath, Jacuzzi, air-conditioning, sofa bed, bunk beds, deckchairs, stick vacuum, barbecue and a fireplace.

Favourite WA holiday destinations include Kabarri, Exmouth, Eagle Bay, Fremantle, Dunsborough, Margaret River, Denmark, Lancelin, Cervantes, Bay Largo, Jurian Bay and Mandurah.

Popular and profitable holiday rental areas in WA include Scarborough, South Perth, Fremantle, East Perth, Rockingham, Maylands, Mandurah, Busselton, Dunsborough and Margaret River.

A combination of relatively low-priced properties (compared to the Eastern States), a growing economic market and plenty of attractive coastal areas, national parks and wildlife have all helped make WA rental properties appealing to investors, according to Airbtics.

Airbnbing your home or investment property in Perth can be highly profitable. Occupancy rate estimates for the whole of Perth are around 67%. Currently (February 2024), occupancy rates for Perth are 90%, while Fremantle is sitting at 93% with an average yearly income of just under $60,000, according to Airbtics.

Yes, there are proposed changes to Western Australia’s short-term rental accommodation (STRA) scene, with changes rolling out this year (2024) and next (2025).

These changes will NOT impose a cap on the number of nights you can lease your property on the short-term market.  They will provide more consistency around short-term rental accommodation rules and give valuable data to local and statewide planning for housing, development and tourism opportunities. Read more about these proposed rules here.

Yes, according to Airbtics, Perth is in the top 10 most profitable Airbnb cities in Australia.

‘Peak season’ in WA is December and January, when visitors chase waves, wildlife, and adventure. However, September to November (springtime) is the best time to visit Perth. Holiday homes are nearly always booked out during school holidays, which in WA are 29th March to 14^th April, 29th June to 14th July, 21st September to 6th October, and 13th December to 4^th February 2025.

In 2021, WA welcomed over 28 m visitors, while in 2022, there were 30 m. In 2023, there were more again, with 34,746,000 visitors to WA. These numbers include intrastate, interstate, domestic and international visitors.

In the last five years, the average stay has been two nights.

Perth’s top three international markets are the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore. Other top markets include New Zealand, USA, China, India, Indonesia and Germany.

Most tourists come to Perth for holidays (46%), visiting friends and relatives (45%), followed by business, employment and education.

Visit Tourism WA for more statistics on tourism.