Airbnb and short-term rental
management in Prague.

Prague welcomed a record 8.27 million guests in 2025. Around four in five of them came from abroad. For an owner, that shape of demand has a practical consequence: a Prague listing competes in an international market, so its presentation, guest communication and distribution have to work in English and across borders. That is a normal requirement of this market, not an optional extra.

These figures describe the city. They are context for a decision, not a forecast for any one apartment — that depends on the property, its location and how it is run.

For guests arriving to stay, IOA Stay also publishes a public Prague guide — the city's sights, neighbourhoods and walks, written from the perspective of running short-term rentals.

In 2025, August was the busiest month for visitor arrivals and the December holiday season was nearly as strong; January and February were the quietest.(Source: Czech Statistical Office, 2025 data.)

The same apartment therefore faces very different demand in August and in February, which is why a single fixed nightly rate doesn't fit Prague. Pricing that follows demand, season and the booking calendar is part of our management; the full reasoning is described in revenue management.

Short-term rentals in Prague are heavily concentrated in and around the historic centre — recent city analysis has found the centre's districts holding the clear majority of active listings.(Source: IPR Prague analysis of 2024 listing data; figures depend on the definition of an active listing.)

That concentration cuts both ways for an owner. In the centre, an apartment sits among many similar options and is compared directly against them. Outside it, the guest profile, typical stays and the practicalities of running the apartment all differ. What works for a Prague 1 apartment can be the wrong setup a metro stop away.

We don't treat location as a label. It shapes pricing, presentation and preparation for each property.

Short-term accommodation in Prague comes with duties that exist before the first guest arrives: a business registration, tax obligations, reporting of guests, and the city's accommodation fee of CZK 50 per person per started night, which the host collects and remits.(Source: Prague city district rules, verified September 2026. Guests under 18 are exempt.)

The framework is also moving. A national registration system for short-term rentals has been proposed in Parliament with government opposition, and it was not in force as of September 2026; the proposals under discussion would also give municipalities new powers over short-term rentals.

We follow this because it shapes the day-to-day of running a Prague apartment. It isn't legal advice, and we don't present pending proposals as law. If it matters for your property, we'll tell you plainly what applies today and what is still only being proposed.

IOA Stay operates in Prague — alongside Brno, Ostrava and elsewhere in the Czech Republic. The company is run by Alexandr Ioanidis and Gabriela Ioanidu under INVERSION s.r.o. Your message goes to the people who run IOA Stay.

We won't quote city-level statistics as if they were your apartment's forecast. What we commit to is a process you can follow and numbers explained in context.

What our management covers, day to day, is described on the Airbnb management page. If you are comparing management offers in Prague, we have also written a guide to reading management fees — what the percentages are charged on, what sits outside them, and the questions that make offers comparable.

Wondering what the rules require of you as a host? We keep a reviewed guide to short-term rental rules in Prague, including what applies today and what is still only proposed.

Many Prague owners handle their apartment from another country. The operation is here, communication and reporting reach you in English, and nothing requires you to be in the city. How remote ownership works in practice — delegation, payments, staying in control — is described on the foreign owners page.