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Got a holiday rental? Your vibe check for the property starts here.
You've styled the place, stocked the kitchen and taken the perfect listing photos. But if you don't have solid guest terms in place, you're one party house, one trashed bathroom or one "I didn't know that was a rule" guest away from a very expensive lesson.
This is the template that has your back.
The Short Stay Accommodation Australia Guest Terms and Conditions Template is a lawyer-drafted, plain-English document built specifically for Australian hosts, property managers, letting agents and holiday rental businesses. Whether you're listing on Airbnb, Stayz, your own website or booking direct, this template gives you a professional, legally grounded agreement to put in front of every guest before they get the keys.
This template covers all the things you hope you'll never need — and a few you definitely will:
Bookings and payments — what's confirmed, what's owed and when
Guest registration — who's staying and who's responsible
Security bond and credit card authority — how to hold and claim against it
Check-in and check-out — times, access, lockouts and key obligations
Maximum guests and visitors — your rules, in writing
Parties, events and schoolies — explicitly prohibited (and what happens if they try it)
Noise and neighbour behaviour — quiet hours and the conduct standard guests must meet
Pets, smoking and vaping — your call, your rules
Damage and cleaning — who pays, how it works and when you can deduct
Cancellation and termination — including immediate eviction rights for breach
NSW Code of Conduct — full compliance built in for NSW properties
Liability and Australian Consumer Law — properly limited and legally sound
Privacy — how you collect and use guest information
Schedule of Costs — a ready-to-use fee schedule covering everything from late check-out to unauthorised parties
House Rules Checklist — a bonus checklist so nothing falls through the cracks
Guest Acknowledgment — a sign-off section guests can complete at booking
This template is drafted to meet the requirements of the most regulated short-term rental market in Australia, New South Wales, including the NSW Code of Conduct for the Short-term Rental Accommodation Industry and the NSW STRA registration requirements.
If your property is in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia or anywhere else - it's easy to customise. Just remove or adapt the NSW-specific sections and tailor the placeholders to your state.
✔ A comprehensive, lawyer-drafted Word document (.docx)
✔ Red-text placeholders that tell you exactly what to fill in
✔ Three Schedules — Booking Details, Schedule of Costs and House Rules Checklist
✔ A Guest Acknowledgment section ready to use at booking
✔ Instructions for use included in the document
✔ Instant download. Ready to customise today
You're an Airbnb host, holiday rental owner, property manager, letting agent or short-stay accommodation business in Australia who wants to:
Stop relying on the booking platform's terms alone
Have a professional agreement that sets expectations before check-in
Protect yourself if guests damage the property, throw a party or overstay
Comply with the NSW Code of Conduct (or prepare to as rules tighten nationally)
Hotels, motels, boarding houses, long-term leases or standard residential tenancy arrangements. If that's you, reach out, and we'll point you in the right direction.
Disclaimer
Ready to Boss Legal is a legal publisher. We are not a law firm and you acknowledge that by purchasing, downloading and customising this template, Ready to Boss Legal is not acting as your lawyer or providing you with legal advice.
This template is legal information only and should not substitute for or constitute professional legal advice. We recommend you consult with a lawyer for legal advice, noting Ready to Boss Legal is a legal publisher and not a law firm.
All copyright in this document belongs exclusively to Ready to Boss Legal. We grant you a one use non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license to use this document for the purposes of using it in your business or for personal use. However, this document may not be copied, given to a third party, re-sold, reproduced, transmitted electronically or otherwise used in any way in whole or in part for the purpose of commercial gain by you for any purpose that may amount to competition with Ready to Boss Legal.
Got a holiday rental? Your vibe check for the property starts here.
You've styled the place, stocked the kitchen and taken the perfect listing photos. But if you don't have solid guest terms in place, you're one party house, one trashed bathroom or one "I didn't know that was a rule" guest away from a very expensive lesson.
This is the template that has your back.
The Short Stay Accommodation Australia Guest Terms and Conditions Template is a lawyer-drafted, plain-English document built specifically for Australian hosts, property managers, letting agents and holiday rental businesses. Whether you're listing on Airbnb, Stayz, your own website or booking direct, this template gives you a professional, legally grounded agreement to put in front of every guest before they get the keys.
This template covers all the things you hope you'll never need — and a few you definitely will:
Bookings and payments — what's confirmed, what's owed and when
Guest registration — who's staying and who's responsible
Security bond and credit card authority — how to hold and claim against it
Check-in and check-out — times, access, lockouts and key obligations
Maximum guests and visitors — your rules, in writing
Parties, events and schoolies — explicitly prohibited (and what happens if they try it)
Noise and neighbour behaviour — quiet hours and the conduct standard guests must meet
Pets, smoking and vaping — your call, your rules
Damage and cleaning — who pays, how it works and when you can deduct
Cancellation and termination — including immediate eviction rights for breach
NSW Code of Conduct — full compliance built in for NSW properties
Liability and Australian Consumer Law — properly limited and legally sound
Privacy — how you collect and use guest information
Schedule of Costs — a ready-to-use fee schedule covering everything from late check-out to unauthorised parties
House Rules Checklist — a bonus checklist so nothing falls through the cracks
Guest Acknowledgment — a sign-off section guests can complete at booking
This template is drafted to meet the requirements of the most regulated short-term rental market in Australia, New South Wales, including the NSW Code of Conduct for the Short-term Rental Accommodation Industry and the NSW STRA registration requirements.
If your property is in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia or anywhere else - it's easy to customise. Just remove or adapt the NSW-specific sections and tailor the placeholders to your state.
✔ A comprehensive, lawyer-drafted Word document (.docx)
✔ Red-text placeholders that tell you exactly what to fill in
✔ Three Schedules — Booking Details, Schedule of Costs and House Rules Checklist
✔ A Guest Acknowledgment section ready to use at booking
✔ Instructions for use included in the document
✔ Instant download. Ready to customise today
You're an Airbnb host, holiday rental owner, property manager, letting agent or short-stay accommodation business in Australia who wants to:
Stop relying on the booking platform's terms alone
Have a professional agreement that sets expectations before check-in
Protect yourself if guests damage the property, throw a party or overstay
Comply with the NSW Code of Conduct (or prepare to as rules tighten nationally)
Hotels, motels, boarding houses, long-term leases or standard residential tenancy arrangements. If that's you, reach out, and we'll point you in the right direction.
Disclaimer
Ready to Boss Legal is a legal publisher. We are not a law firm and you acknowledge that by purchasing, downloading and customising this template, Ready to Boss Legal is not acting as your lawyer or providing you with legal advice.
This template is legal information only and should not substitute for or constitute professional legal advice. We recommend you consult with a lawyer for legal advice, noting Ready to Boss Legal is a legal publisher and not a law firm.
All copyright in this document belongs exclusively to Ready to Boss Legal. We grant you a one use non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license to use this document for the purposes of using it in your business or for personal use. However, this document may not be copied, given to a third party, re-sold, reproduced, transmitted electronically or otherwise used in any way in whole or in part for the purpose of commercial gain by you for any purpose that may amount to competition with Ready to Boss Legal.
