Step by step · Umm Al Quwain

Booking a licensed stay

Umm Al Quwain’s rules are not confirmed yet

What a licensed short stay looks like from the guest's side.

Finding it5 steps

Checks3 steps

Agreeing1 step

After2 steps

Every step, and what proves it happened

Nobody can call a step done without the paper

11 steps

1. UAQ DED hotel licence and classificationHeld by the operator, not by the unit and not by us. We have not confirmed which licence a hotel must hold in Umm Al Quwain — ask UAQ DED which one applies and record its number against the listing.Goes through UAQ Municipality.

The landlord

Not confirmed

2. Record the grade you were licensed atThe Tourism Dirham is charged per occupied unit per night at a rate set by your grade. Until it is recorded here we cannot show a guest what the stay totals - the listing shows a nightly rate and says the rest is settled at the property, which loses you the booking to whoever could show a total.

The landlord

Confirmed

3. Check whether you need a TRNYou charge the 5% and you issue the tax invoice for the stay, not us - so the registration is yours, not ours. We have not confirmed where the threshold sits or how short-stay income counts toward it, so ask the Federal Tax Authority before you assume you are under it. PropDirect charges VAT on its subscription only, never on your room.

The landlord

Not confirmed

4. Set up how you get paidGuests pay the operator directly through Stripe. PropDirect never holds the money, and the operator issues the tax invoice for the stay.

The landlord

Confirmed

5. Price the nights, weeks and monthsHotel apartments are routinely booked by the month. A nightly rate alone prices a month at thirty times a night and simply does not compete for that enquiry.

The landlord

Confirmed

6. Listing liveRoom types, rates and the operator's licence shown on the listing.

Your agent

Confirmed

7. Booking confirmedDates, room type and rate. Tourism Dirham applies per occupied room per night, at the rate set by the property's classification.

The tenant

Confirmed

8. Guest registration with ICAPassport details within 24 hours of check-in — the same federal obligation a holiday home carries, discharged by the hotel's own front desk.Goes through UAQ Municipality.

The landlord

Confirmed

9. Return the Tourism Dirham you collectedCollected per occupied unit per night from the guest, and remitted monthly - by the 15th, for the month before. Dubai issues payment orders on the 11th. We show what is outstanding and keep your reference; the return itself is filed with the authority by you.

The landlord

Confirmed

10. Review the stayOnly the guest who stayed can write one, once, and only after checkout. That is what makes the rating on a listing worth reading.

The tenant

Confirmed

11. Stay and checkoutThe guest stays and checks out. Nothing transfers and nothing registers — this journey ends where a sale's would only be starting.

The tenant

Confirmed

We have not confirmed Umm Al Quwain’s rules with the regulator yet, so the steps above are our best understanding rather than a checked process. We will ask your agent for whatever reference their regulator issued instead of naming a permit we cannot vouch for.

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