Renting out an apartment in Le Gosier, a villa in Saint-François or a bungalow in Deshaies on Airbnb or Booking? Then the tourist rental registration number in Guadeloupe applies directly to you. Since France tightened its rules on short-term rentals nationwide, every town in the archipelago is gradually switching to mandatory registration, and the platforms now block listings without a number in the towns that require one. Based in Guadeloupe and managing dozens of furnished rentals between Sainte-Anne, Le Gosier and the leeward coast, we guide property owners through these steps every week. Here is the complete guide, town by town, to obtaining your 13-character number stress-free.
What is the registration number and who is concerned in Guadeloupe?
The registration number is a unique identifier of 13 alphanumeric characters issued by the town where your property is located. It starts with the town’s INSEE code (for example 97128 for Sainte-Anne, 97113 for Le Gosier) and certifies that your tourist rental has indeed been declared.
In practical terms, the following are concerned in Guadeloupe:
- Second homes rented short-term: a studio in Le Moule, a villa in Saint-François, a one-bedroom in Bouillante, with no limit on nights but with mandatory declaration.
- Primary residences rented occasionally: capped at 120 nights per year (a cap the town can lower to 90 nights since the November 2024 law).
- Non-resident owners: if you live in mainland France and rent out a property in Pointe-à-Pitre, the landlord’s obligations are identical; the -5h time difference in winter (-6h in summer) exempts you from nothing.
Not concerned: bed-and-breakfasts (a separate regime) and long-term unfurnished or furnished year-round rentals.
Note: the law of 19 November 2024 (known as the Le Meur law) extends registration to every town in France, the overseas territories included, via a national online service. The transition is underway in 2026: even if your Guadeloupe town didn’t require it yesterday, get ahead of it now.
Furnished rental declaration in Guadeloupe: the town hall procedure step by step
Step 1: identify your town’s regime
Not all towns in the archipelago are moving at the same pace. From our experience on the ground:
- Le Gosier, Sainte-Anne, Saint-François: the three seaside towns of southern Grande-Terre concentrate the bulk of the tourist rental stock (Caravelle lagoon, marina, beaches). They are the ones structuring their registration services the fastest.
- Deshaies, Bouillante: the leeward coast of Basse-Terre, in high demand for Grande Anse beach and the Cousteau Reserve. Declaration there is still often done via a Cerfa form filed at the town hall.
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Les Abymes: a dense urban area near Pôle Caraïbes airport, where the question of change of use can arise for homes converted into permanent tourist rentals.
A call to the town hall’s urban planning or tourism department (dialling code +590) is usually enough to find out the applicable regime. Expect 5 to 10 minutes on hold; call in the morning between 7:30 a.m. and noon, local time.
Step 2: tourist rental online service or paper Cerfa?
Two routes coexist in 2026:
- The online service: free online declaration, with the number issued immediately or within 48 to 72 hours. This is the route becoming the norm with the national online service set up by the 2024 law. Have ready: the exact address, cadastral references, surface area, number of rooms and sleeping spaces, and planned rental periods.
- The Cerfa form no. 14004: paper declaration of a tourist rental, to be filed or sent by registered mail to the town hall, which issues you a receipt. In towns without active registration, this receipt serves as proof of declaration while awaiting the switch to the 13-character number.
Our local manager’s advice: do both procedures in parallel if the town is in transition. The cost is nil, and you are covered whatever regime is enforceable on the day of an inspection.
Step 3: display the number on all your listings
Once you have obtained the number, it must appear on every online listing: Airbnb, Booking, Abritel, but also your direct booking website. The platforms have a dedicated field and remove non-compliant listings in registration towns. Also check that the address is consistent: a number issued for a studio in Sainte-Anne does not cover your second property in Le Moule; each home has its own number.
Penalties: what an undeclared landlord risks in Guadeloupe
The framework set out by the November 2024 law has seriously raised the stakes:
- No declaration or number: a civil fine of up to €10,000 per property.
- False declaration or use of a fake number: up to €20,000.
- Exceeding 120 nights on a primary residence: up to €15,000, with platforms now reporting night counts to the towns.
- Failure to provide the night count to the town hall upon request: €10,000.
On top of this come back-payments of uncollected tourist tax (from 1% to 5% of the nightly price depending on the rating, voted by each town or urban community) and a risk of tax reassessment if the activity has not been declared to the registry to obtain a SIRET. In a high-demand tourist zone like southern Grande-Terre, towns have a direct financial interest in enforcement: don’t gamble with this risk to save half a day of paperwork.
