Where Is Airbnb Banned in 2026? NYC, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam & More
Where Is Airbnb Banned or Restricted in 2026? City-by-City Rules for Travelers and Property Investors Updated October 7, 2026 Buying an apartment in a tourist city and turning it into a short-term rental once looked like one of the simplest property-investment strategies in the world. In 2026, that assumption can be expensive. New York severely restricts whole-home stays shorter than 30 days. Budapest’s District VI has reduced the legal number of private short-term rental days to zero . Athens has frozen new registrations across its first three municipal districts through the end of 2026. Paris limits tourist letting of a primary residence to 90 days a year. Amsterdam has cut the annual allowance to only 15 nights in some central neighbourhoods and, just this week, proposed extending that tighter limit to another area. Barcelona is going further: the city intends not to renew its 10,101 existing tourist-flat licences when they expire in 2028 . At the same time, a new European Uni...