Amman

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.*

Food guidelines

Most food and drink related commercial activities in Jordan require a license. You could include a visit to a licensed restaurant or bar in your experience. However, before offering meals in your own home or someone else's unlicensed premises, you should check the applicable requirements.

Serving and preparing meals from home can be easily licensed. Home owners or tenants can apply for a license (renewable annually) which will allow them to serve and prepare meals against payment (and/or to provide other services from home – please see the applicable rules available on the Greater Amman Municipality webpage here). The license can be granted to individuals or companies.

There are two main areas of requirements:

Firstly, the following general requirements apply to all licenses to practice a profession from home for commercial purposes:

• The service should not create noise, smoke, smell or have a negative impact on neighbors.
• It should have minimal impact on the use of water, electricity and sewage in the neighborhood.
• The provider should allow regular municipality inspection.
• The provider should be a resident of the same property where the service is provided.
• The provider must provide sufficient documentation to prove he/she is the owner of the property, a tenant, or a family member of either the owner or the tenant that lives in the property. Written approval from the owner should be presented if the applicant is a tenant or a family member.
• Space used within the property should not be more than 15% of the overall space or 25 square meters, whichever is less.
• Services should not be provided outside the closed parameters of the property, i.e. cooking or serving food on the balcony is not allowed.
• No ads should be published that include the exact location of the property.

Secondly, there are specific requirements related to serving and preparing food for commercial purposes from home: