Hi there,
I guess it’s very country specific but might be helpful for the future,
In Italy (finally) we’re having some regulation to contrast the abuse of AirBnb,
what I’m not sure about is if our kind of exchange is free and in my rights as owner of the house or I might fall into some regulation, like at least paying daily tourist tax (Tassa di soggiorno) ?
I’m also looking on the internet but found nothing, being this approach very niche I guess I should also ask here, maybe somebody already put the effort in understanding
I am tempted to answer you in Italian (it’s a tricky topic also in my native language ), but let’s try in English
I have conducted research over the last few months about both Tourism Tax and Prefecture Registration. The first is regulated differently by each town, the second it’s a national law (in case we can open a thread a part about it).
So the best is to ask the town you live or exchange in.
A preliminary question, before answering you: are you also a rental host?
I’m sorry I took some time to get back to you - I wanted to make sure I was sharing the right information!
About the tourist tax, we have consulted several municipalities, some of which are Bologna, Florence and Milan and thye have informed us that guests staying for free do not need to pay the tourist tax. Generally, the tourist tax varies according to the category of accommodation and its rates, so if the accommodation is not a rental unit and the rate is zero, the tax should also be zero
We used to be also AirBnb host but since we’re not away most of the year we were thinking of stopping AirBnb on staying only on HE, so maybe I’ll try to ask properly to the municipality but I guess it might be ok to do like this.
I already sleep a little better
), but let’s try in English 
