Medina County, Texas
Castroville, TX vacation rental requirements
Castroville requires a short-term rental permit, renewed each year, and the permit number must appear on every listing. Stays owe 6% state plus 7% city hotel tax, which Airbnb doesn’t collect; file monthly with the city.
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The city’s page doesn’t list a permit fee or safety requirements; ask the city.
Your licensing checklist
In order: the state, the county, then the town.
State of Texas
Know who pays the hotel tax
Airbnb collects and pays the 6% state hotel tax on its bookings. If guests pay you directly or through a site that doesn’t collect, register with the Comptroller and file the state tax yourself.Source
Register for local hotel tax
Your city (and in some places your county) charges its own hotel tax, filed with that city or county, not the state. Airbnb pays it only in the places on its list; everywhere else you register and file it yourself, even for Airbnb bookings.Source
Check your city’s rules
Many Texas cities require a short-term rental permit or registration, and some require an inspection, a local contact, or posted rules. Outside city limits there’s usually no permit, but deed restrictions and HOA rules often limit rentals. Pick your area for the local rules.Source
Medina County, Texas
Then your city
Texas counties can’t zone, so rental rules come from the city your home is in. Outside city limits there’s usually no permit, but deed restrictions and HOA rules may limit rentals. Pick your city.Source
In Hondo
Hondo charges a 7% city hotel tax that Airbnb doesn’t collect. Ask the city how to register and whether a permit is needed.Source
City of Castroville
Register for hotel tax and get the permit
Submit the city’s Hotel Occupancy Tax Report and register with the city to file and pay the tax. The city issues the short-term rental permit once approved. Put the permit number on every listing.Source
Hotel taxes on each stay
Stays of 29 nights or less owe the 6% state hotel tax, which Airbnb collects on its bookings. If guests pay you directly, file it with the Texas Comptroller. Castroville’s 7% hotel tax isn’t on Airbnb’s collection list. Report and pay it by the last business day of the month after you collect it. Late filing is a misdemeanor and adds 15% for every 30 days late.Source
Sources
- Hotel Occupancy Tax FAQs: Airbnb · Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Occupancy tax collection and remittance by Airbnb in Texas · Airbnb
- County zoning authority (Local Government Code ch. 231) · Texas Legislature
- Local Hotel Occupancy Tax Reporting 2025 · Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (data.texas.gov)
- Short-Term Rentals · City of Castroville
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