Independent reference · Published in the UK
Every tool a UK holiday let actually buys, listed with the price in pounds and the date we checked it.
This is the UK's independent directory of short-term let software — every property management system, channel connection, pricing tool, guidebook, insurer and tax product that actually serves UK holiday lets, listed with GBP pricing, UK support hours and UK channel coverage. Alongside it we maintain a plain-English record of what UK law requires of short-term let operators in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, updated when the rules change and dated so you can see when we last checked. We are owned by the company behind Zugrow, an AI property management system. Zugrow is listed here on exactly the same terms as every competitor, with the same fields, the same scrutiny and an ownership notice wherever it appears. No vendor pays to be listed, to rank higher, or to be removed.
- Listings
- 49
- Categories
- 6
- Rules tracked
- 10
- Paid placements
- 0
Where UK short-term let law stands today
7 in force · 3 not yet in force or unsettled
- NOT YET IN FORCEEnglandEngland's national short-term lets registration schemeLast checked 28 July 2026
- IN FORCEUK-wideFurnished Holiday Lettings abolition: what changed for UK holiday letsLast checked 28 July 2026
- IN FORCEEngland and WalesFire safety for holiday lets in England and WalesLast checked 28 July 2026
- IN FORCEEngland (Greater London)The London 90-night ruleLast checked 28 July 2026
- IN FORCEUK-wideMaking Tax Digital for Income Tax: what holiday let owners must do, and whenLast checked 28 July 2026
- IN FORCENorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland: Tourism NI certification for self-catering and short-term letsLast checked 28 July 2026
- CORRECTION — no minimum EPC band is currently in force in ScotlandScotlandNo, Scottish rentals do not have to reach EPC C by 2026Last checked 28 July 2026
- IN FORCEScotlandScotland short-term let licensing: what the law actually requiresLast checked 28 July 2026
- IN FORCEWalesWales: the 182-day letting rule for self-catering propertiesLast checked 28 July 2026
- NOT YET IN FORCE — register opens October 2026WalesWales: visitor accommodation register and visitor levyLast checked 28 July 2026
Go to the regulation hub — every page carries its status, the date we last checked it and the primary source it came from.
The six launch categories
Depth beats breadth. Each of these is filled in properly — UK signals, GBP pricing with a verification date, channel connections and an editorial verdict — rather than half-populated across twelve.
Property management systems
16 listed
All-in-one systems that hold the calendar, the guest messaging and the channel connections for a UK holiday let portfolio.
The system that holds your calendar is also the system that has to answer the London 90-night question and the Welsh 182-day question. Very few advertise that they can.
Accounting, tax & Making Tax Digital
8 listed
Bookkeeping and tax products for UK property income, including those on HMRC's Making Tax Digital for Income Tax list.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax has been live for the first cohort since 6 April 2026, and holiday-let turnover is counted gross.
Holiday let insurance (UK)
9 listed
UK brokers and insurers writing cover for self-catering holiday homes, cottage complexes and short-term lets.
Scottish licence conditions make public liability cover mandatory for each letting agreement, and most premiums in this category are quote-only.
Dynamic pricing & revenue management
10 listed
Tools that reprice a calendar against demand, plus the market-data products operators buy alongside them.
Almost every product in this category bills in US dollars. Which ones connect to a UK-built PMS is the question that decides whether they are usable.
Guest screening, ID & damage protection
7 listed
Identity verification, risk screening and damage-cover products sold as an alternative to security deposits.
Several products in this category run criminal-record checks that are explicitly US-only. A UK operator is usually buying identity assurance, not background screening.
Guest experience & digital guidebooks
10 listed
Digital guidebooks, guest apps and upsell tools that sit on top of a booking system.
Integration reach decides this category: a guidebook that cannot read reservations from your PMS is a manual job.
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The UK Regulation Checker
Five questions — nation, what you let, whose home it is, roughly how many nights and roughly what it grosses — and you get a checklist built only from statements published on our regulation pages, each one linked to its source. It will never tell you that you are compliant, because no website can.
Questions readers ask first
- Does any vendor pay to be listed here?
- No. No vendor pays to be listed, to rank higher, or to be removed. Every outbound vendor link on the site is marked nofollow, including the link to the publisher's own product, so no listing can gain link equity from appearing here.
- Who owns this directory?
- It is operated by the company behind Zugrow (zugrow.com), an AI property management system. Zugrow is listed here against the same fields, the same verification method and the same dates as every competitor, and carries an ownership disclosure wherever it appears.
- How current is the pricing?
- Every price carries the date we last verified it against the vendor's own published page, shown beside the figure. Where a vendor does not publish a price, we record that as a finding rather than estimating one.