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Registering your Airbnb in Ireland? Here’s where a fire escape plan fits
Short-term lets in Ireland are due to go on Fáilte Ireland’s register this December. For a single house the register asks for your declaration, not a drawing. If you run a B&B, a guesthouse or several units, or you simply want guests to find the way out at night, make a plan for every bedroom in minutes.
Upload a floor plan, photo or sketch. The AI makes a plan for every bedroom.
The register in brief
From the official pages, checked 12 October 2026. The law was still going through the Oireachtas then, so check the source before you rely on a date.
- Hosts offering paid accommodation for up to and including 21 nights must register each unit they let. Fáilte Ireland: short-term letting register
- The government says the register opens on 1 December and all hosts must register by 31 December 2026. Fáilte Ireland says it opens once the legislation (the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill) has passed. Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: short-term letting
- You give host and unit details (type, principal residence or not, bed places, maximum guests) and make a legal declaration that the unit meets your statutory obligations, including planning and fire safety. Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: short-term letting
- Each unit gets a registration number, which must be shown on your listings. A nominal annual fee will apply; the amount is still to be announced. Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: short-term letting
- The register is part of how Ireland applies the EU short-term rental regulation. EU Regulation 2024/1028 on short-term rentals
Do you need a fire escape plan?
A house or apartment you let on its own
The register needs your self-declaration; you don’t upload a plan. A plan on each bedroom door is your choice: guests don’t know your home, and at night, in smoke, a map showing the way out helps. It’s free to make.
A B&B, guesthouse or several units in one building
The Department of Housing: Guide to Fire Safety in Guest Accommodation recommends a fire notice on the back of each bedroom door with a simple location map of the escape routes from that room, and a plan of each floor in your fire safety register. That’s one plan per room, each with its own “You are here”: what EvacPlan makes for you.
We make plans; we don’t assess buildings. If you’re unsure what your property needs, ask a fire safety professional or your local fire authority.
What to put on each plan
- "You are here" for the bedroom the plan hangs in
- The way out, and a second way out where there is one
- Smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarm, fire extinguisher and fire blanket
- The full address with Eircode, so guests can give it to the fire service
- Emergency number 112 or 999, and your own contact number
- What to do: get out, close doors behind you, call from outside, don't go back in
How many?
One on or beside each bedroom door, the way the guest faces, and one by the main entrance. A three-bedroom house usually needs four.
Tips
- Glow-in-the-dark signs stay readable if the power goes at night.
- Add a short line in another language if many of your guests come from abroad.
- Update the plan if you move the extinguisher or furniture blocks a way out.
Make the plans
Free
Print-ready PDF for every bedroom. Print them at home.
Printed signs
From €39
Glow-in-the-dark A4 from €49, made in Ireland and delivered to the property.
Rather we did it?
Host pack
We make the plans from your floor plan or sketch and send glow signs for each bedroom and the entrance. Managing several lets? Ask about all of them at once.
Request a host packOpens an email to us. We reply with a price.
Questions
Do I need an evacuation plan to join the short-term letting register?
Not as something you upload. Fáilte Ireland's list of what you'll need is host and unit details, the guest and bed capacity, a legal declaration and the fee. For a single house or apartment you let on its own, your self-declaration is what the register asks for. A fire escape plan on the bedroom door is your own choice there, and a cheap, sensible one for guests who don't know the house.
When is a fire escape plan more than a nice-to-have?
If you run a B&B or guesthouse, or let rooms or several units in one building. The Department of Housing's Guide to Fire Safety in Guest Accommodation recommends a fire notice on the back of each bedroom door with a simple location map showing the escape routes from that room, and a plan of each floor in your fire safety register. If you're unsure what applies to your property, ask a fire safety professional or your local fire authority.
When does the register open?
The government says 1 December, with all hosts registered by 31 December 2026. Fáilte Ireland says registration opens once the legislation has passed, so check its register page before you plan around the date.
What does the legal declaration cover?
The government's summary says the declarations are about the unit's planning and fire safety obligations. Fáilte Ireland says it has no role in planning and can't advise on it; ask your local authority.
I don't have a floor plan. Can I still make one?
Yes. Draw the rooms, doors and windows roughly on paper, take a photo and upload it. The AI makes a plan for every bedroom with You are here and the way out.
Can you make and print them for me?
Yes. Request a host pack: we make the plans from your floor plan or sketch and print them as A4 glow-in-the-dark signs for each bedroom door and the entrance, delivered from Ireland. Tell us about the property and we'll reply with a price.
Sources
- Fáilte Ireland: short-term letting register
- Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: short-term letting
- Department of Housing: Guide to Fire Safety in Guest Accommodation
- EU Regulation 2024/1028 on short-term rentals
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