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552001 Holiday apartments, holiday homes

Information: This code has a codification rule

This type includes:

  • accommodation in houses, cottages and cabins, holiday apartments, private rooms, visitor flats and bungalows, bed & breakfast, which are rented. Accommodation is the only service provided (exception: bed and breakfast, which offers breakfast). Room service (e.g. cleaning) is charged and invoiced separately

This type excludes:

  • activity of apartment hotels, see 551
  • accommodation with daily cleaning and bed-making and on-the-spot customer service, see 5510
  • intermediation service activities for accommodation, see 554000
  • hiring of furnished residences for long duration stays, see 682002

Leasing residential properties, such as apartments or flats, on an annual or long-term basis is classified under Division 68. The classification is determined by the duration of the lease rather than the type of housing facility.

For units whose primary activity is the property management of short-term rentals (e.g., Airbnb), this activity should be classified under code 683200.