Hosting on BeauCo.

As a Host, BeauCo offers you the right to use the BeauCo Platform to share your Accommodation, Experience, or other Host Service with our vibrant community of Guests – and earn money doing it. It’s easy to create a Place and you are in control of how you host – set your price, availability, and rules for each Place.

Contracting with Guests

When you accept a booking request, or receive a booking confirmation through the BeauCo Platform, you are entering into a contract directly with the Guest, and are responsible for delivering the Host Service under the terms and at the price discussed with us earlier. BeauCo Payments will deduct amounts you owe from your payout unless we and you agree to a different method.

Independence of Hosts

Your relationship with BeauCo is that of an independent individual or entity and not an employee, agent, joint venturer or partner of BeauCo, except that BeauCo Payments acts as a payment collection agent as described in the Payments Terms. BeauCo does not direct or control your Host Service and you understand that you have complete discretion whether and when to provide Host Services and at what price and on what terms to offer them.

Know Your Legal Obligations

You are responsible for understanding and complying with any laws, rules, regulations and contracts with third parties that apply to your Place or Host Services. For example: Some landlords and leases, or homeowner and condominium association rules, restrict or prohibit subletting, short-term rentals and/or longer-term stays. Some cities have zoning or other laws that restrict the short-term rental of residential properties. Some jurisdictions require Hosts to register, get a permit, or obtain a license before providing certain Host Services (such as short-term rentals, longer-term stays, preparing food, serving alcohol for sale, guiding tours or operating a vehicle). In some places, the Host Services you want to offer may be prohibited altogether. Some jurisdictions require that you register Guests who stay at your Accommodation. Some jurisdictions have laws that create tenancy rights for Guests and additional obligations for Hosts. For example, some places have landlord-tenant, rent control, and eviction laws that may apply to longer stays. Check your local rules to learn what rules apply to the Host Services you plan to offer. Information we provide regarding legal requirements is for informational purposes only and you should independently confirm your obligations. You are responsible for handling and using personal data of Guests and others in compliance with applicable privacy laws and these Terms, including our Host Privacy Standards. If you have questions about how local laws apply you should always seek legal advice.

Your Responsibilities

You are responsible for your own acts and omissions and are also responsible for the acts and omissions of anyone you allow to participate in providing your Host Services. You are responsible for setting your price and establishing rules and requirements for your Place. You must describe any and all fees and charges in your Place and may not collect any additional fees or charges outside the BeauCo Platform. Do not encourage Guests to create third-party accounts, submit reviews, provide their contact information, or take other actions outside the BeauCo Platform in violation of our Off-Platform Policy.

Hosting as a Team or Organization

If you work with a co-host or host as part of a team, business or other organization, the entity and each individual who participates in providing Host Services, is responsible and liable as a Host under these Terms. If you accept terms or enter into contracts, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to enter into contracts for and bind your team, business or other organization, and that each entity you use is in good standing under the laws of the place where it is established. If you perform other functions, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to perform those functions. If you instruct BeauCo to transfer a portion of your payout to a co-host or other Hosts, or send payments to someone else, BeauCo will not entertain the same.

Cancellations, Travel Issues, and Booking Modifications

Cancellations and Travel Issues. In general, if a Guest cancels a reservation, the amount paid to you is determined by the cancellation policy that applies to that reservation. As a host, you should not cancel on a Guest without a valid reason under our Extenuating Circumstances Policy or applicable law. If you cancel on a Guest without such a valid reason,
we may impose a cancellation fee and other consequences. If:
(i) a Guest experiences a Travel Issue (as defined by the Rebooking and Refund Policy), (ii) an Extenuating Circumstance arises, the amount you are paid will be reduced by the amount we refund or otherwise provide to the Guest, and by any other reasonable costs we incur as a result of the cancellation. If a Guest receives a refund after you have already been paid, or the amount of the refund and other costs incurred by BeauCo exceeds your payout, BeauCo (via BeauCo Payments) may recover that amount from you, including by offsetting the refund against your future payouts. You agree that BeauCo’s Rebooking and Refund Policy, Extenuating Circumstances Policy, and these Terms preempt the cancellation policy you set in situations where they allow for the cancellation of a Reservation and/or the issuance of refunds to Guests. If we reasonably expect to provide a refund to a Guest under one of these policies, we may delay release of any payout for that Reservation until a refund decision is made.

Booking Modifications

Hosts and Guests are responsible for any Booking Modifications they agree to make via the BeauCo Platform or direct BeauCo customer service to make on their behalf, and agree to pay any additional amounts, fees or taxes associated with a Booking Modification.

Taxes

As a Host, you are responsible for determining and fulfilling your obligations under applicable laws to report, collect, remit or include in your price any applicable VAT or other indirect taxes, occupancy taxes, tourist, income or other taxes (“Taxes”).

Tax Information

In certain jurisdictions, Tax regulations may require that we collect and/or report Tax information about you, or withhold Taxes from payouts to you, or both. If you fail to provide us with documentation that we determine to be sufficient to support any such obligation to withhold Taxes from payouts to you, we may withhold payouts up to the amount as required by law, until sufficient documentation is provided. You agree that BeauCo may issue on your behalf invoices or similar documentation for VAT, GST, consumption or other Taxes for your Host Services to facilitate accurate tax reporting by our Guests and their organizations.