Vacation Rental Management
Vacation Rental Management in Edwards, CO
Between Vail and Beaver Creek, an Edwards home earns most of its year in a few snowy months — Fairly prices for that winter peak, lists your home on Airbnb, Vrbo and Fairly.com, gives you a local caretaker as your single point of contact, and collects and remits every Colorado and Eagle County lodging tax.
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Edwards market overview
Edwards is an unincorporated community on the Eagle River, strung along Interstate 70 between Vail and Beaver Creek, and its rental market draws on both resorts. Beaver Creek is the nearer of the two and Vail Mountain a short drive east, with many homes in the golf and ski-access neighbourhoods that climb the valley sides. Winter is the season that matters: occupancy in the market's top tier builds through December, peaks in February and holds through March, when nightly rates run at their highest of the year. The resorts' closing empties the valley in April and May, the quietest weeks on the calendar. Summer brings a genuine second season that crests in July, as visitors come to golf, hike, mountain bike and float the Eagle River, then fades through August and September. October and November stay slow until the lifts turn again.
What homes earn in Edwards, CO
The chart above draws on the top tier of the Edwards short-term rental market: homes listed on Airbnb and Vrbo with a guest review score of 4.8 or higher that were available or rented at least 300 days of the year. It shows what a well-reviewed home earns when it stays open through the winter peak and the summer season rather than sitting blocked. Your own results will depend on the home, its neighbourhood and its amenities. You can customize a projection for a specific home.
| Month | Total rent | Occupancy | Avg. daily rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | $5,445 | 39% | $769 |
| Feb | $5,687 | 42% | $864 |
| Mar | $5,602 | 36% | $688 |
| Apr | $0 | 4% | $327 |
| May | $0 | 5% | $255 |
| Jun | $962 | 20% | $388 |
| Jul | $2,949 | 36% | $502 |
| Aug | $1,652 | 30% | $401 |
| Sep | $0 | 16% | $423 |
| Oct | $0 | 8% | $267 |
| Nov | $0 | 7% | $354 |
| Dec | $3,972 | 27% | $597 |
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This is based on properties listed on Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com with an average review score of 4.8 out of 5 or higher, limited to homes available or rented at least 300 days a year. Earnings vary based on the unique amenities and qualities of each home.
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Vacation Rental Taxes and Regulations in Edwards, CO
Can you rent your Edwards home?
Yes. Edwards is an unincorporated community with no town government, so the rules that apply are Colorado's and Eagle County's — and Eagle County does not license short-term rentals. The Board of County Commissioners considered a county licensing ordinance and decided against one, leaving short-term rental rules to metropolitan districts and homeowners associations. There is no county permit to apply for. The governing documents of your community are the rules to check, and they can limit or prohibit short-term renting.
Lodging and sales taxes
Colorado taxes the entire amount charged for stays of fewer than thirty consecutive days, cleaning fees included; a permanent resident who stays thirty consecutive days or more under a written agreement is exempt. An Edwards booking carries:
- Colorado's 2.9% state sales tax
- Eagle County's 1.5% sales tax, which includes 0.5% dedicated to trails and transit
- the Eagle Valley Regional Transportation Authority's 0.5% sales tax
- Eagle County's 4% lodging tax, which applies throughout unincorporated Eagle County
- special-district sales taxes that depend on the address — the Eagle River Fire Protection District's, and a metropolitan district's where the home sits inside one, such as the Edwards or Arrowhead district
Because those district taxes vary from one street to the next, two Edwards homes can carry different totals.
Registering and filing
Anyone who rents rooms or accommodations in Colorado needs a state sales tax license from the Colorado Department of Revenue. With no home-rule town in the picture, the Department administers every one of these taxes — the county lodging tax and the district taxes included — so an Edwards home registers and files with a single agency rather than several.
How Fairly handles it
We register your home for Colorado sales tax and the Eagle County lodging tax, collect every applicable state, county and district tax on each booking, and remit it to the Department of Revenue. We also assist with any registration or notice your homeowners association or metropolitan district asks of short-term rentals.
Operating a vacation rental in Edwards, CO
Operating in Edwards means a winter workload packed into a short window. December through March brings back-to-back ski-season turnovers, and each one starts with clearing snow and ice from drives, decks and walkways before guests arrive, while hot tubs and heating systems have to keep running through hard mountain freezes. April and May go nearly silent, and those weeks are when deep cleans, repairs and deferred maintenance belong. July brings a second, smaller run of turnovers as the summer crowd arrives. Many Edwards homes sit inside a homeowners association or metropolitan district, and with no county short-term rental licence, that community's rules are the conditions an owner has to keep meeting — some limit or prohibit short-term renting, and others set their own policies for it.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Edwards is unincorporated, and Eagle County has chosen not to license short-term rentals, so there is no county permit to obtain. The binding rules are those of your homeowners association or metropolitan district, which can limit or prohibit rentals. Every home still needs a Colorado sales tax license, and Fairly registers your home for it.
Colorado's 2.9% sales tax, Eagle County's 1.5% sales tax and 4% lodging tax, and the Eagle Valley RTA's 0.5%, plus special-district sales taxes that vary by address, including fire-protection and metropolitan district taxes. The Colorado Department of Revenue administers all of them, and Fairly collects and remits them on every booking.
Winter. Occupancy builds through December, peaks in February and holds through March, when nightly rates are at their highest. April and May are the quietest weeks of the year, July anchors a smaller summer season of golf, hiking and river trips, and the fall stays slow until the lifts reopen.
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