Vacation Rental Management in Telluride & Mountain Village, CO

Two towns, two sets of rules

Telluride and Mountain Village are separate home-rule towns, each with its own licence and its own taxes, which it collects itself. Which rules apply depends on which side of the town line the home sits, not on the mailing address: many homes with a Telluride address are in Mountain Village. Homes on San Miguel County land between and around the towns follow the county's rules instead.

Town of Telluride

Short-term rentals need a town licence, and where the home sits decides how much it can rent. Outside the Residential Zone, a Classic licence has no annual limit on nights. Inside it, a Residential licence allows at most three short-term stays a year, totalling no more than 29 nights. The Residential Zone covers most of town north of Colorado Avenue, both ends of Colorado Avenue, North Telluride and Sunset Ridge; downtown Colorado Avenue and the south side toward the gondola, along Pacific and San Juan Avenues, sit outside it. No person or entity may hold a financial interest in more than two licensed units, except condominium units whose zoning or covenants bar long-term rental or owner occupancy, and a licence does not transfer on sale.

Start with a Colorado sales tax licence, then the town licence through the town's short-term rental portal before the home is advertised. The application takes an ownership disclosure and a self-inspection affidavit, the licence number goes in every listing, and licences renew each January. Stays are taxed at 17.22%: the town's 11% (4.5% sales, 2% lodgers', 2% excise and 2.5% affordable housing taxes), filed monthly with the town, plus 6.22% in Colorado, San Miguel County and regional transit taxes on a Colorado Department of Revenue return.

Town of Mountain Village

Short-term rentals are a permitted use in Mountain Village's single-family and multifamily zones and the Village Center. Anyone who advertises a home for stays needs a town business licence first, one per rental unit, issued through the town's MUNIRevs portal. The application lists every place the home is advertised and names a local contact within 30 miles of town; the licence is posted inside the unit, and a report of the year's rentals is due by January 31. Licences run through December 31, renew each January, and do not pass to a buyer. Stays of any length are taxed at 14.72%: the 9.47% sales tax, the town's 4% lodging tax and a 1.25% visitor benefit tax, filed with the town through MUNIRevs after a Colorado business registration. Our Mountain Village page has more.

How Fairly handles it

In either town we register your home for the town and state taxes, then collect and remit them on every booking. We assist with the licence application, the annual affidavits or report, and the renewal.