Holland · Ottawa & Allegan counties
Short-term rental co-hosting in Holland, Michigan.
Yes, you can run a short-term rental in Holland, but the city caps investor-owned whole-home rentals at about 25 licenses in its main residential zones, and those are reportedly full with a waitlist. Owner-occupied rentals follow an easier path. We co-host Holland homes for owners on both tracks. If you're comparing vacation rental management in Holland, the difference with co-hosting is whose name stays on the listing: yours, along with the reviews and the payouts.
Holland short-term rental rules at a glance
- Whole-home rentals
- Capped for investors; owner-occupied OK
- Cap or limit
- ~25 investor licenses in LDR/CNR/TNR/MDR zones (full, waitlist)
- License cost
- ~$85/yr for the first unit
- Lodging tax
- 6%
Verified against municipal sources, last reviewed July 2026. Rules change. Confirm your exact address with the city before you buy. See the full Holland ordinance detail.
What it's really like to run a rental in Holland.
Holland is the lakeshore's year-round market. Tulip Time fills every rentable room in the city each May, Hope College brings families and visiting faculty nine months a year, and downtown's 8th Street stays busy long after beach season ends. Summer weekends still belong to the crowd headed for Holland State Park and the Big Red lighthouse, but a well-run Holland listing doesn't go quiet in October the way pure beach towns do.
The tradeoff is the permit. Inside the capped residential zones, investor licenses are limited and spoken for, so the right move is usually one of three: buy where the cap doesn't apply, take the owner-occupied route, or look just outside the city line. This is exactly the check we run before a client writes an offer.
Once you're legal, we run the rest. Design and listing work, daily pricing against Tulip Time weekends and the Hope College calendar, guest messaging at any hour, turnovers, linens, and a monthly report that shows what the home actually did.
Our take
Holland rewards owners who buy on the right side of the zoning map. We pull the map before we pull comps.
What we handle
- Design and listing build
- Daily dynamic pricing
- Guest messaging, any hour
- Turnovers and laundered linens
- Maintenance and vendor coordination
- Monthly owner reporting
You stay the host of record. Payouts come straight from the platform to you. Our 25% service fee is a co-host split.
Questions we get
Holland short-term rental FAQ
Can I Airbnb a house in Holland, MI?
Only with a city license, and the path depends on the property. Owner-occupied short-term rentals are allowed. Investor-owned whole-home rentals are capped at roughly 25 licenses in the LDR, CNR, TNR, and MDR residential zones, and as of mid-2026 those licenses are full with a waitlist. Outside those zones the rules loosen. Confirm the exact address with the city before you buy.
Is there a waitlist for Holland STR licenses?
For investor-owned whole-home rentals in the capped residential zones, yes, reportedly. The cap sits around 25 licenses and they're spoken for. Owner-occupied permits aren't part of that cap.
How much does a Holland short-term rental license cost?
About $85 a year for the first unit, one of the cheapest on the lakeshore. Lodging tax is the state 6%, which Airbnb collects and remits on platform bookings.
Can I co-host my Holland home if I don't live there?
Yes. You stay the host of record and payouts land in your account directly from the platform. We handle the day-to-day: guests, pricing, cleaning, maintenance. If the property sits in a capped zone, the license question comes first, and we'll help you answer it before anything else.
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