Airbnb in Slovenia: a record September and new house rules for guests

Airbnb in Slovenia: September 2026 was a record month

According to the Statistical Office of Slovenia (SURS), this September was the best tourist month on record. Accommodation establishments recorded almost 822,000 tourist arrivals, 11.4% more than last year, and almost 2 million overnight stays, 12.4% more than last year.

For owners who rent out on Airbnb in Slovenia, one more figure matters: 27% of all overnight stays were in private rooms, apartments and houses. Hotels had 39% and campsites 15%.

Ljubljana remains the most visited municipality, with 97% of its overnight stays by foreign guests. Mountain municipalities grew fastest, by 23%. Bled had almost 160,000 overnight stays.

More guests from the US and the UK

Among the larger markets, guests from the US and the UK grew fastest in September:

• USA: almost 102,000 overnight stays, almost a third more than last year.
• United Kingdom: almost 96,000 overnight stays, 41% more.
• Germany: still the largest market, with just over 359,000 overnight stays and 12% growth.

American and British guests stayed mostly in Ljubljana, Bled and Bohinj. In Ljubljana, Americans were the largest group of foreign guests in September, according to Lider. The growth is not limited to September: over the first nine months, overnight stays by US guests rose 23% and by UK guests 33%.

These guests often book through international platforms, so every detail of a listing counts, including the house rules. That is exactly what Airbnb is now changing.

New Airbnb rules: what you can no longer require from 20 November

On 20 October 2026, Airbnb announced a new house rules policy to hosts. It applies to reservations booked from 20 November 2026 onwards. All requests to guests must be reasonable, and tasks a cleaning service would normally do can no longer be required of guests.

There is an exception in areas where bears live. There, hosts can ask guests to put rubbish in a container animals cannot get into.

A few more changes:

• Hosts cannot impose their own fines or penalties on guests.
• Hosts cannot charge extra for a listed amenity unless the fee is in the price shown at booking.
• Hosts choose from seven standard house rules: maximum guests, quiet hours, events, pets, smoking, commercial photography and locking up at checkout.
• Rules cannot be added later by message, with a note in the apartment or in person.
• A listing that keeps breaking the rules may show guests an alert and get lower visibility in search.

What the new rules mean for your earnings

If you counted on guests washing dishes, stripping beds or taking out the rubbish at checkout, a cleaner now has to do that work. The trade site Rental Scale-Up suggests that hosts in this position either move those tasks to housekeeping or recalculate their cleaning fee or nightly rate.

Airbnb explains that cleaning fees are meant to cover standard cleaning between reservations. You cannot charge guests for skipping checkout tasks. You can still take cleanliness into account in your review of the guest.

Good news for well-managed apartments

The new rules are designed with guests in mind. A checkout without a list of chores means less frustration at the end of a stay and fewer reasons for a lower rating. Where a team already takes care of all the cleaning, nothing changes for guests.

At VisitVibe, we clean the apartment after every guest, change the linen and get it ready for the next arrival. We bring the house rules in our listings in line with the new policy, and we run listings and guest communication in Slovenian and English. If you are curious how a well-run rental works in practice, read Selling your apartment in Ljubljana? Let it earn while it waits for a buyer.

What you can do this week

1. Read your house rules. Remove any tasks Airbnb no longer allows.
2. Check your cleaning fee. It should cover a full clean after every guest.
3. Review your listing in English. US and UK guests are among the fastest-growing groups this year.
4. Find out what your apartment could earn. We will help you, free of charge.

Check your listing before 20 November

• Remove washing dishes, stripping beds and taking out the rubbish from your house rules.
• Check that your cleaning fee covers a full clean after every guest.
• Let guests use listed amenities, such as air conditioning, with no extra charge that is not in the price.
• Put your rules in the listing, not in messages or notes in the apartment.
• Make sure your listing and arrival instructions are also in English.