These information pages can help you get started in learning about some of the laws and registration requirements that may apply to your experiences on Airbnb. These pages include summaries of some of the rules that may apply to different sorts of activities, and contain links to government resources that you may find helpful.

Please understand that these information pages are not comprehensive, and are not legal advice. If you are unsure about how local laws or this information may apply to you or your Experience, we encourage you to check with official sources or seek legal advice.

Please note that we don’t update this information in real time, so you should confirm that the laws or procedures have not changed recently.*

The rules that apply will depend on your intention to make a profit or not when you provide the passenger transport service. The duration of your Experience may also be relevant here (depending on whether it is a single Experience or an Immersion).

Passenger transport for a fee with a profit

I personally provide the passenger transport service (rules regarding taxis or drivers of chauffeured vehicles)

Case 1: I offer to drive my guests to the place of my Experience and to drive them back once it is completed. This service is subject to a fee and the price I charge is higher than the actual travel cost (i.e. price higher than the cost of gas and other expenses).

Do I need an authorisation or a licence for this?

Yes, in order to transport passengers for a fee with a profit, you must hold a taxi licence or a chauffeured vehicle driver professional licence such “VTC” (carte professionnelle).

Details on the chauffeured vehicle driver professional licence

If the vehicle you are driving is a car, you are subject to Articles L. 3122-1 and following of the Transport Code. In particular, these require that you:

• have the necessary professional skills (which may involve successfully passing a specific exam);
• obtain a professional licence (carte professionnelle);
• undergo training every 5 years;
• own a vehicle which complies with a specific set of standards;
• be registered in an official register available here.

Further information here.

If the vehicle you are driving is a two or three-wheel vehicle (motorbike or scooter), specific rules apply pursuant to Articles L.3123-1 and following of the Transport Code.

Further information here.

What happens if I transport passengers for a fee with profit, without holding the necessary licence or professional card and / or without having completed the necessary registration?