The glossary of short-term rentals in Morocco
Police registration form, tourist tax, channel manager, RevPAR: every word of the trade explained simply, with the Moroccan law behind it when there is one.
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ADR (average daily rate)
ADR (average daily rate) is the average price of a night sold: the night revenue for a period divided by the number of nights booked.
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Channel manager
A channel manager is the software that keeps a single calendar and a single price grid for all your sales channels, such as Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia, and syncs them automatically.
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Double booking (overbooking)
A double booking, or overbooking, happens when the same night at the same property is sold twice, usually on two platforms whose calendars do not sync in time.
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iCal
iCal is a calendar format (.ics) that booking platforms publish and read from each other to share busy dates, without prices or guest data.
Individual accommodation form
The individual accommodation form (“bulletin individuel d'hébergement”) is the form every guest of a tourist accommodation fills in and signs on arrival under article 37 of law 80-14; it is the official name of the police form.
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Law 80-14
Law 80-14 governs tourist establishments and other forms of tourist accommodation in Morocco: categories, operating authorization, classification, insurance and guest declaration.
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MRE (Moroccans living abroad)
MRE stands for “Marocains résidant à l'étranger”, Moroccans living abroad; many own a home in Morocco that they let as a short-term rental outside their own stays.
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Occupancy rate
The occupancy rate is the share of nights offered for sale that were booked over a period: booked nights divided by available nights.
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Police registration form
In Morocco, the “fiche de police” is the record of each hosted guest's identity, which the host then declares to the authorities under the procedure that applies to the property.
Property management agreement
A property management agreement (mandat de gestion) is the contract by which an owner appoints a management company, or a relative, to run their short-term rental in their name and on their behalf.
Property management fee
The property management fee is what a management company (conciergerie) charges to run a short-term rental, usually a percentage of rental income whose calculation basis varies from one offer to another.
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RevPAR
RevPAR (revenue per available room) is revenue per available night: night revenue divided by all the nights offered for sale, booked or not.
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Tourism promotion tax
The tourism promotion tax (TPT) is a per-person, per-night levy collected for the Moroccan National Tourist Office, separate from the municipal tourist tax.
Tourist tax (law 47-06)
The tourist tax (taxe de séjour) is a municipal tax due per person per night under law 47-06 as amended by law 07-20; each commune sets its rate within a legal range for each category.