Vacation Rental Management
Vacation Rental Management in Harrison, ID
From the town docks to cabins along the east shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene, Fairly runs Harrison vacation rentals end to end: dynamic pricing, guest messaging, listings on Airbnb, Vrbo and Fairly.com, a vetted local caretaker as your single point of contact, and the state and city lodging taxes collected and remitted on every booking.
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Harrison market overview
Harrison is a small lake town on the southeast shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene, and visitors come for two things: the water and the trail. The town has public docks and a boat launch, and the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes, a 73-mile paved rail-trail between Mullan and Plummer, runs right through it before crossing the Chatcolet Bridge into Heyburn State Park to the south. About an hour north, past the city of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden sits on a smaller lake of its own.
Demand follows the summer closely. Among the best-run homes here, occupancy climbs to about 42% in June, peaks near 70% in July and holds in the mid-60s through August, when nightly rates are at their highest. September is a short shoulder at about a quarter of nights. From October through April occupancy stays under 10%, so a Harrison home earns nearly all of its year in roughly ten weeks of lake season.
What homes earn in Harrison, ID
The chart follows entire-home rentals in and around Harrison listed on Airbnb and Vrbo, limited to homes with a guest review score of 4.8 or higher that are available or rented at least 300 days a year. Those are the homes being run as a business, and the curve shows how heavily their year leans on July and August. You can customize a projection for a specific home.
| Month | Total rent | Occupancy | Avg. daily rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | $265 | 4% | $214 |
| Feb | $127 | 2% | $227 |
| Mar | $472 | 6% | $254 |
| Apr | $241 | 3% | $268 |
| May | $1,495 | 13% | $371 |
| Jun | $7,799 | 42% | $619 |
| Jul | $14,352 | 72% | $643 |
| Aug | $13,690 | 64% | $690 |
| Sep | $2,988 | 24% | $415 |
| Oct | $374 | 4% | $302 |
| Nov | $303 | 5% | $202 |
| Dec | $391 | 5% | $252 |
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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 Harrison, ID
Can my Harrison home be a short-term rental?
Yes. Idaho Code 67-6539 bars any city or county from prohibiting short-term rentals, classes them as a residential use for zoning, and forbids requiring a license, fee, permit, certification or registration to operate one. That holds inside Harrison's city limits and on the unincorporated Kootenai County shoreline around it, where many homes with Harrison addresses sit. Local rules are limited to the safety list above, plus the noise, parking and nuisance ordinances every home follows.
State lodging taxes
Every stay of 30 nights or fewer owes Idaho's 6% sales tax and the state's 2% travel and convention tax, both administered by the Idaho State Tax Commission. Outside Harrison's city limits those two taxes are the whole bill: no county lodging tax applies, and no auditorium district covers this part of Idaho. A rental registers for a travel and convention permit and a seller's permit through Idaho Business Registration, then files with the Tax Commission on the schedule it sets.
Inside Harrison's city limits
Harrison is one of Idaho's resort cities, and it adds its own local option occupancy tax on lodging rentals of 30 days or less under Ordinance 489, administered by the City Treasurer. A rental inside the municipal boundary holds a city local option tax permit, issued by the City Clerk for each place of business, and files the city's own return each month, due by the 20th, separately from the state return. The city publishes the current rate and return form on its Local Option Tax page. A Harrison mailing address alone does not put a home in the city; homes along the lake outside the boundary owe only the state taxes.
How Fairly handles it
We register your home for the Idaho travel and convention and sales taxes, and for Harrison's local option tax when the home is inside city limits. We collect the right combination on every booking and file and remit each return, state and city, so nothing is left for you to calculate.
Operating a vacation rental in Harrison, ID
Operating a Harrison rental means fitting most of a year's stays into one summer. Through July and August turnovers run back to back on tight same-day windows. Guests come for the lake and the trail, so kayaks, bikes and any dock that comes with the home need checking at every changeover.
From October to May the problem reverses: a home can sit empty for weeks, and regular walkthroughs catch a problem before the next guest arrives.
Idaho law caps what local government can ask of a rental at a short safety list: working smoke alarms in every sleeping area, a fire extinguisher and carbon monoxide detector on each floor, escape ladders in upper-floor bedrooms with a window, and a guest information sheet showing exits, extinguishers, any first-aid kit and an emergency number.
Frequently asked questions
Fairly charges a flat 20% of the rental revenue your Harrison home earns, with no long-term contract and no hidden fees, and you pay it only when the home books. It covers listings on Airbnb, Vrbo and Fairly.com, dynamic pricing, guest messaging, and collecting and remitting Idaho's lodging taxes and, inside city limits, Harrison's own.
Yes, and no operating permit is required. Idaho Code 67-6539 bars Harrison and Kootenai County from prohibiting short-term rentals or requiring a license, permit or registration to operate one. You do need tax permits: the state travel and convention and seller's permits, plus Harrison's local option tax permit if the home is inside city limits.
Every stay of 30 nights or fewer owes Idaho's 6% sales tax and 2% travel and convention tax, paid to the Idaho State Tax Commission. Homes inside Harrison's city limits also owe the city's local option occupancy tax, filed monthly with the City of Harrison. Homes outside the city on the lake owe only the two state taxes.
Almost entirely in summer. The best-run homes here book about 70% of nights in July and the mid-60s in August, at the year's highest rates, with June near 42% and September around a quarter. From October through April occupancy stays under 10%, so pricing and turnover in July and August decide most of a year's income.
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