The city made this hard. We’ll help you through it.
The Short-Term Vacation Rental Permit is real work — forms, documents, fees and a lot of small requirements that are easy to miss. Plenty of owners never start. We’ll sit with you and get the package together at no charge, because a directory where every listing is permitted is worth more to us than a subscription.
Tell us about your place and where you are in the process.
We send you Macon’s checklist and a folder to drop your documents into.
We help you get the package complete and organised.
You sign it and file it with the city.
Send us the permit number and your listing goes up free.
What the city asks for
- Proof of liability insurance — The ordinance requires insurance but sets no minimum amount.
- Owner and responsible party details
Source: Macon-Bibb County Tax Commissioner's Office · Macon-Bibb County Code, sections 7-370 to 7-378
Worth knowing
- No primary-residence requirement, no cap on the number of permits, no background check and no pre-issuance inspection.
- One permit is required for each separately rented unit.
Lodging tax
Macon-Bibb levies an 8% hotel-motel tax and requires a separate certificate of authority, which is free. Georgia's $5 a night state fee also applies for the first 30 days.