The opportunity
2/2 · Clear, recurring pain
Czech hotels, guesthouses and private hosts send the same guest details to several authorities, each in its own way.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- Foreign guests go to the police within 3 working days.Zákony pro lidizakonyprolidi.czForeigners' Residence Act § 102 — reporting a foreign guest (another site)A host must report every foreign guest to the police within 3 working days of arrival.
- The town's accommodation fee needs its own guest records.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- The statistics office asks for its own reports.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
P-0040 · Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.
The opportunity
About this section
- What this shows
- The problem as it is today: what goes wrong, and who it costs.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Documented pain means you will not have to convince buyers the problem exists before you can sell them the fix.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means clear, recurring pain: documented complaints, a petition or industry pressure. Scattered complaints make it 1/2.
Czech hotels, guesthouses and private hosts send the same guest details to several authorities, each in its own way.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- Foreign guests go to the police within 3 working days.Zákony pro lidizakonyprolidi.czForeigners' Residence Act § 102 — reporting a foreign guest (another site)A host must report every foreign guest to the police within 3 working days of arrival.
- The town's accommodation fee needs its own guest records.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- The statistics office asks for its own reports.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
The state's own impact assessment calls this repeated entry of the same data an unjustified burden.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- In the ministry's survey of 236 hotels, an average of 3.9 staff registered guests, and 80% used hotel software.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- A Prague hotel's director says receptionists already retype guest details into the police system.podnikatel.czPodnikatel.cz — hoteliers welcome eTurista but fear the cost (another site)A Prague hotel director says receptionists already retype guest details into the police system; a guesthouse owner fears a new booking system costing tens of thousands of crowns; the hotel association has long called for equal rules.
- 10,012 hotels and other collective establishments had 562,467 beds in 2025, and the true number is higher.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- Private hosts letting through online platforms appear in no official register.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- Nearly 8 million nights were booked through the big booking platforms in 2024.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
Suggested solution
Build an online guest check-in that files each guest once to the foreign police, the town's fee records and the statistics office, and later to the new register, as 1 company already does in Spain.
- Reception. Today: Records each guest on arrival. With the suggested solution: The guest fills in details online first.
- Reception. Today: Retypes foreign guests into the police system. With the suggested solution: The check-in files the police report itself.
- The host. Today: Keeps separate records for the town's fee. With the suggested solution: The fee records fill from the same check-in.
- The host. Today: Reports guest numbers to the statistics office. With the suggested solution: Statistics come from the same records.
- Who does this is not known. Today: How private apartment hosts file today is not known. With the suggested solution: A phone check-in covers hosts without software.
Not known: how private apartment hosts file today.
P-0040 · Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.
Suggested solution
About this section
- What this shows
- One way to solve the problem, and how the work would run with it.
- Why it matters to a builder
- It is a starting point to test with buyers, not a plan. The sections below are the evidence for and against it.
Build an online guest check-in that files each guest once to the foreign police, the town's fee records and the statistics office, and later to the new register, as 1 company already does in Spain.
Reception staff record each guest, retype foreign guests into the police system within 3 working days, and keep separate records for the town's fee and the statistics office.3 sourcesVeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for…In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o…”Zákony pro lidizakonyprolidi.czForeigners' Residence Act § 102 — reporting a foreign guest (another site)A host must report every foreign guest to the police within 3 working days of arrival.podnikatel.czPodnikatel.cz — hoteliers welcome eTurista but fear the cost (another site)A Prague hotel director says receptionists already retype guest details into the police system; a guesthouse owner fears a new booking system costing tens of thousands of crowns; the hotel association has…
- Reception. Today: Records each guest on arrival. With the suggested solution: The guest fills in details online first.
- Reception. Today: Retypes foreign guests into the police system. With the suggested solution: The check-in files the police report itself.
- The host. Today: Keeps separate records for the town's fee. With the suggested solution: The fee records fill from the same check-in.
- The host. Today: Reports guest numbers to the statistics office. With the suggested solution: Statistics come from the same records.
- Who does this is not known. Today: How private apartment hosts file today is not known. With the suggested solution: A phone check-in covers hosts without software.
Not known: how private apartment hosts file today.
Why now
1/3 · Soft deadline
Hosts keep filing several ways until 2028 at the earliest, and the bill would then require each guest within 24 hours.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for…In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o…”VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the text (another site)The bill would take effect on 1 January 2028, require each guest to be entered within 24 hours, and fine a private host up to 100,000 CZK and a platform up to 10M CZK.
- Towns lose about 55M CZK a year in unpaid accommodation fees.ceska-justice.czČeská justice — towns lose fees on unreported stays (another site)The ministry says towns lose about 55M CZK a year in unpaid accommodation fees, and that 40–70% of stays booked through online platforms went unreported.
- Adapting one hotel system to the register is put at about 20,000 CZK.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- A guesthouse owner fears a new booking system costing tens of thousands.podnikatel.czPodnikatel.cz — hoteliers welcome eTurista but fear the cost (another site)A Prague hotel director says receptionists already retype guest details into the police system; a guesthouse owner fears a new booking system costing tens of thousands of crowns; the hotel association has long called for equal rules.
P-0040 · Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.
Why now
About this section
- What this shows
- The dated rules and events that push buyers to act, soonest first.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A dated rule turns “nice to have” into “must buy by”, and tells you how long the window stays open.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means an enacted rule binds these buyers within 18 months and names a penalty. Without a named penalty it is 2/3. A draft law, a rule on someone else, or a date further out is 1/3.
Hosts keep filing several ways until 2028 at the earliest, and the bill would then require each guest within 24 hours.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for…In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o…”VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the text (another site)The bill would take effect on 1 January 2028, require each guest to be entered within 24 hours, and fine a private host up to 100,000 CZK and a platform up to 10M CZK.
- Towns lose about 55M CZK a year in unpaid accommodation fees.ceska-justice.czČeská justice — towns lose fees on unreported stays (another site)The ministry says towns lose about 55M CZK a year in unpaid accommodation fees, and that 40–70% of stays booked through online platforms went unreported.
- Adapting one hotel system to the register is put at about 20,000 CZK.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- A guesthouse owner fears a new booking system costing tens of thousands.podnikatel.czPodnikatel.cz — hoteliers welcome eTurista but fear the cost (another site)A Prague hotel director says receptionists already retype guest details into the police system; a guesthouse owner fears a new booking system costing tens of thousands of crowns; the hotel association has long called for equal rules.
The dates and rules behind this:
- On 20 May 2026 the EU rule on short-term rental data began to apply, and Czechia runs no registration scheme yet.2 sourcesVeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for…In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o…”EUR-Lexeur-lex.europa.euEU Regulation 2024/1028 on short-term rentals (another site)Since 20 May 2026 platforms must display hosts' registration numbers and share activity data with the authorities wherever a country runs a registration scheme; Czechia does not run one yet.
- In September 2026 the ministry sent the bill out for comments.podnikatel.czPodnikatel.cz — the new government's eTurista bill (another site)The ministry sent the eTurista bill out for comments in September 2026, with effect from 2028; the previous government's version was never passed by parliament. The previous government's version was never passed by parliament.podnikatel.czPodnikatel.cz — the new government's eTurista bill (another site)The ministry sent the eTurista bill out for comments in September 2026, with effect from 2028; the previous government's version was never passed by parliament.
- On 1 January 2028 the bill would take effect.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the text (another site)The bill would take effect on 1 January 2028, require each guest to be entered within 24 hours, and fine a private host up to 100,000 CZK and a platform up to 10M CZK.
- Under the bill, a private host who breaks its rules could be fined up to 100,000 CZK, and a platform up to 10M CZK.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the text (another site)The bill would take effect on 1 January 2028, require each guest to be entered within 24 hours, and fine a private host up to 100,000 CZK and a platform up to 10M CZK.
- Under the bill, the town's fee office would read guest data from the register, and a register entry would count as the host's fee notification.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the text (another site)The bill would take effect on 1 January 2028, require each guest to be entered within 24 hours, and fine a private host up to 100,000 CZK and a platform up to 10M CZK. Collecting the fee better was the ministry's first aim.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- Prague has tried since 2018 to get lists of flat hosts from the tax authority, to call them in for the fee.e15.cze15 — Prague and the tax authority share data on Airbnb hosts (another site)In August 2018 Prague and the General Financial Directorate signed a memorandum to exchange data on people letting flats through Airbnb, so the city could call hosts in to register for the accommodation fee.
- Between 40% and 70% of stays booked through online platforms went unreported, the ministry says.ceska-justice.czČeská justice — towns lose fees on unreported stays (another site)The ministry says towns lose about 55M CZK a year in unpaid accommodation fees, and that 40–70% of stays booked through online platforms went unreported.
Willing to pay
1/2 · Some signs
Hosts already pay for check-in software, and the state is paying to build its own register.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — the ministry orders the eTurista system (another site)The regional-development ministry signed about 34.4M CZK including VAT with a software firm to build the eTurista system, and has amended the contract five times since.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Hosts pay per check-in or a monthly fee; see Willing to pay.
- The ministry signed about 34M CZK to have the register built.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — the ministry orders the eTurista system (another site)The regional-development ministry signed about 34.4M CZK including VAT with a software firm to build the eTurista system, and has amended the contract five times since.
- Connecting the whole industry is put at about 190M CZK, one-off.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
Per case
One purchase
P-0040 · Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.
Willing to pay
About this section
- What this shows
- Who already spends money on this problem, how much, and how they buy.
- Why it matters to a builder
- If people already pay for this, even by hand or through a consultant, you are replacing a spend, not creating a budget.
- How to read the score
- 2/2 means a Czech buyer has paid for this, or a priced job also gets public money that pays part of it. A price on file makes it 1/2. Public money alone earns nothing. Only public buyers publish what they pay, so problems sold to private firms often score lower.
Hosts already pay for check-in software, and the state is paying to build its own register.2 sourcesRegistr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — the ministry orders the eTurista system (another site)The regional-development ministry signed about 34.4M CZK including VAT with a software firm to build the eTurista system, and has amended the contract five times since.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Hosts pay per check-in or a monthly fee; see Willing to pay.
- The ministry signed about 34M CZK to have the register built.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — the ministry orders the eTurista system (another site)The regional-development ministry signed about 34.4M CZK including VAT with a software firm to build the eTurista system, and has amended the contract five times since.
- Connecting the whole industry is put at about 190M CZK, one-off.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
Of that 190M CZK, about 160M CZK is for adapting hotel software and 30M CZK for training staff.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…” Hotels in the ministry's survey named more than 35 different hotel systems, each needing its own connection.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…” Running the register is put at about 960,000 CZK a month, with 30M CZK from the EU recovery plan.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…” Regional towns would get about 45M to 48M CZK more in the first year for the new registration work; the impact assessment gives both figures.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
Per case
One purchase
What one buyer pays
- 10 CZK per case
- Czech hosts and hotels using an online check-in bestguest.czBest Guest — price per check-in (another site)A Czech online check-in that also reports foreign guests to the police charges 10 CZK for each completed check-in, with no monthly fee.
- 9 490 CZK once
- A Czech hotel or guesthouse previo.czPrevio — hotel software licence (another site)The most used Czech hotel software charges 9,490 CZK to set up its full version, plus a monthly service fee that starts at 300 CZK and depends on the number of rooms.
Validated abroad
2/3 · Proven once
A Spanish check-in service files guests to the authorities and works out tourist fees, for more than 200,000 properties.chekin.comChekin — automated guest registration, Seville (another site)A Seville company founded in 2017 automates guest registration with the authorities and tourist-fee calculation for more than 200,000 properties, and already sells Czech police filing on a Czech page.
- Chekin (another site)Based in SpainAlso sells in Italy, Portugal, Czechia
P-0040 · Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.
Validated abroad
About this section
- What this shows
- Companies abroad that already sell a solution, and how far along they are.
- Why it matters to a builder
- Established companies selling it in other markets show that buyers will pay, so you are not betting on an untested idea.
- How to read the score
- 3/3 means established in two or more markets, one of them near Czechia. 2/3 is one established company, 1/3 only early players.
A Spanish check-in service files guests to the authorities and works out tourist fees, for more than 200,000 properties.chekin.comChekin — automated guest registration, Seville (another site)A Seville company founded in 2017 automates guest registration with the authorities and tourist-fee calculation for more than 200,000 properties, and already sells Czech police filing on a Czech page.
- chekin.comChekin — automated guest registration, Seville (another site)A Seville company founded in 2017 automates guest registration with the authorities and tourist-fee calculation for more than 200,000 properties, and already sells Czech police filing on a Czech page.
Automated guest registration, filing to the authorities and tourist-fee calculation; trusted by more than 200,000 properties and over 25 million check-ins, in more than 45 countries, with named filing for Spain, Italy, Portugal and the Czech Republic (chekin.com, read 2026). Chekin Soluciones Digitales S.L., Seville, founded May 2017 (empresia.es)
It was founded in Seville in 2017 and names filing for Spain, Italy, Portugal and the Czech Republic.chekin.comChekin — automated guest registration, Seville (another site)A Seville company founded in 2017 automates guest registration with the authorities and tourist-fee calculation for more than 200,000 properties, and already sells Czech police filing on a Czech page.
Market gap
0/2 · Crowded
The most used Czech hotel software and several small Czech check-in apps already send foreign guests to the police.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
New, selling this: Best Guest, Hostivio, Checkinn.cz, Superhostem, Trevlix, ubytovaci-kniha.cz, Ubytovačka (Evidence hostů), Vezpa. Established, selling this: Previo (since 2004), Chekin (since 2017). New, selling something nearby: ODP-software (SněžníkPass). Established, selling something nearby: nobody on file.
- EarlySells thisBest Guest (another site)Sells online guest registration, self check-in and foreign-police reporting for Airbnb hosts and hotels, charged per completed check-in.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisHostivio (another site)Sells automatic foreign-guest reporting through the police system's newer interface.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisCheckinn.cz (another site)Sells foreign-guest reporting to the police system for hosts, priced by the month.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisSuperhostem (another site)Sells online check-in, a digital guest book, local-fee records and a connection to the police system for apartment hosts, with three months free.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisTrevlix (another site)Sells booking software for small hosts with automatic foreign-guest reporting to the police system, from 90 CZK a month after 30 free days.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisubytovaci-kniha.cz (another site)Sells a desktop and web guest-book program for hosts, 1,200 CZK for a licence and then 600 CZK a year.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisUbytovačka (Evidence hostů) (another site)Sells a booking system with foreign-guest reporting, the guest book and the records for the local fee in one place, from 69 CZK a month.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisVezpa (another site)A host tool from Italy with a Czech page.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2004Previo (another site)Sells hotel software for hotels, guesthouses and apartments.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2017Chekin (another site)The Spanish check-in service sells in Czech: online check-in, sending guest data to the authorities through the police system and the planned state register, an electronic guest book and tourist-fee calculation.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells something nearbyODP-software (SněžníkPass) (another site)Sells the other side of the counter: SněžníkPass, a system the towns of the Králický Sněžník region use to administer the stay fee, where guests register their own stay for a discount card and the town sees stay reports and sends hosts payment demands.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
P-0040 · Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.
Market gap
About this section
- What this shows
- Czech companies that already sell this, and firms nearby that sell something else.
- Why it matters to a builder
- A mature Czech seller means taking customers from an incumbent. Firms nearby still matter: the buyer may already pay them.
- How to read the score
- More points mean a more open field. 2/2 means no Czech company sells this, 1/2 only early ones do, 0/2 a mature one does.
The most used Czech hotel software and several small Czech check-in apps already send foreign guests to the police.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
New, selling this: Best Guest, Hostivio, Checkinn.cz, Superhostem, Trevlix, ubytovaci-kniha.cz, Ubytovačka (Evidence hostů), Vezpa. Established, selling this: Previo (since 2004), Chekin (since 2017). New, selling something nearby: ODP-software (SněžníkPass). Established, selling something nearby: nobody on file.
- EarlySells thisBest Guest (another site)Sells online guest registration, self check-in and foreign-police reporting for Airbnb hosts and hotels, charged per completed check-in.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisHostivio (another site)Sells automatic foreign-guest reporting through the police system's newer interface.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisCheckinn.cz (another site)Sells foreign-guest reporting to the police system for hosts, priced by the month.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisSuperhostem (another site)Sells online check-in, a digital guest book, local-fee records and a connection to the police system for apartment hosts, with three months free.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisTrevlix (another site)Sells booking software for small hosts with automatic foreign-guest reporting to the police system, from 90 CZK a month after 30 free days.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisubytovaci-kniha.cz (another site)Sells a desktop and web guest-book program for hosts, 1,200 CZK for a licence and then 600 CZK a year.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisUbytovačka (Evidence hostů) (another site)Sells a booking system with foreign-guest reporting, the guest book and the records for the local fee in one place, from 69 CZK a month.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells thisVezpa (another site)A host tool from Italy with a Czech page.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2004Previo (another site)Sells hotel software for hotels, guesthouses and apartments.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EstablishedSells this · since 2017Chekin (another site)The Spanish check-in service sells in Czech: online check-in, sending guest data to the authorities through the police system and the planned state register, an electronic guest book and tourist-fee calculation.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
- EarlySells something nearbyODP-software (SněžníkPass) (another site)Sells the other side of the counter: SněžníkPass, a system the towns of the Králický Sněžník region use to administer the stay fee, where guests register their own stay for a discount card and the town sees stay reports and sends hosts payment demands.Sources and the full note are in Read more.
Sells this 10
- Established: Previo (another site)2 sourcesMarket checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.previo.czPrevio — hotel software licence (another site)The most used Czech hotel software charges 9,490 CZK to set up its full version, plus a monthly service fee that starts at 300 CZK and depends on the number of rooms.
Sells hotel software for hotels, guesthouses and apartments; its foreign-guest book sends foreign guests to the foreign police by hand or automatically. Public customer count: 5,573 clients, and it calls itself the most used hotel system in Czechia; developed since 2004 (previo.cz, read 2026).Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Established: Chekin (another site)chekin.comChekin — automated guest registration, Seville (another site)A Seville company founded in 2017 automates guest registration with the authorities and tourist-fee calculation for more than 200,000 properties, and already sells Czech police filing on a Czech page.
The Spanish check-in service sells in Czech: online check-in, sending guest data to the authorities through the police system and the planned state register, an electronic guest book and tourist-fee calculation. Trusted by more than 200,000 properties worldwide, by its own count; founded in Seville in 2017.chekin.comChekin — automated guest registration, Seville (another site)A Seville company founded in 2017 automates guest registration with the authorities and tourist-fee calculation for more than 200,000 properties, and already sells Czech police filing on a Czech page.
- Early: Best Guest (another site)2 sourcesMarket checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.bestguest.czBest Guest — price per check-in (another site)A Czech online check-in that also reports foreign guests to the police charges 10 CZK for each completed check-in, with no monthly fee.
Sells online guest registration, self check-in and foreign-police reporting for Airbnb hosts and hotels, charged per completed check-in. It publishes no customer count.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Early: Trevlix (another site)Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Sells booking software for small hosts with automatic foreign-guest reporting to the police system, from 90 CZK a month after 30 free days. It publishes no customer count.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Early: Checkinn.cz (another site)Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Sells foreign-guest reporting to the police system for hosts, priced by the month. Its company was registered in October 2022, and it publishes no customer count.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Early: Superhostem (another site)Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Sells online check-in, a digital guest book, local-fee records and a connection to the police system for apartment hosts, with three months free. It publishes no customer count.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Sells a booking system with foreign-guest reporting, the guest book and the records for the local fee in one place, from 69 CZK a month. Its company was registered in 2025.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Sells a desktop and web guest-book program for hosts, 1,200 CZK for a licence and then 600 CZK a year. Whether it files to the police system itself was not confirmed.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Early: Hostivio (another site)Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Sells automatic foreign-guest reporting through the police system's newer interface. No company number was found in the state business register.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
- Early: Vezpa (another site)Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
A host tool from Italy with a Czech page; it says its automatic sending to the police system is being finished.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Sells something nearby 1
- Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Sells the other side of the counter: SněžníkPass, a system the towns of the Králický Sněžník region use to administer the stay fee, where guests register their own stay for a discount card and the town sees stay reports and sends hosts payment demands.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts. It serves towns, not the host's check-in and police filing an entrant here would sell. The company has traded since June 1995, but when this product started selling is not published and only one regional scheme was found, so its reach is unknown.
The hotel software is established, with thousands of clients; the apps are young and publish no customer counts; see Market gap.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts. A Spanish check-in service also sells police filing and the planned register on its Czech page.chekin.comChekin — automated guest registration, Seville (another site)A Seville company founded in 2017 automates guest registration with the authorities and tourist-fee calculation for more than 200,000 properties, and already sells Czech police filing on a Czech page. Prices run from a charge per check-in to a licence with a monthly fee; see Willing to pay.
- None of these tools removes the separate duties themselves, which only the law can merge.VeKLEPodok.czeTurista bill — the ministry's impact assessment (another site)The regional-development ministry's impact assessment says hosts file the same guest data to several authorities, counts 10,012 collective establishments, and estimates about 190M CZK of one-off costs for hotels to connect to the new register.In the source’s words“Povinnosti poskytovatelů ubytování jsou rozptýleny v několika právních předpisech, údaje se předávají různými postupy a stát nemá jednotný přehled o ubytovacích zařízeních, jednotkách pro poskytování ubytování a nabídkách zveřejňovaných…”
- For towns, one Czech firm runs fee records with guest self-registration for one mountain region's towns.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts. No Czech seller or contract was found for finding hosts who do not pay the fee.Market checkprevio.czCzech guest-reporting software — taken by an established hotel system (another site)The most used Czech hotel software already sends foreign guests to the police automatically, a Spanish check-in service sells the same in Czech, and at least seven small Czech apps sell it to hosts.
Execution difficulty
2/3 · Moderate
Makes it easier
- Hosts buy it themselves.
- No licence is needed to sell it.
Makes it harder
- It must connect to the police reporting system and later to the state register.
- Established hotel software already files for hotels.
P-0040 · Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.
Execution difficulty
About this section
- What this shows
- What stands between you and the first sale: who buys, what permission selling needs, what it must plug into, and whether it needs outside money.
- Why it matters to a builder
- It tells you whether a small team can start selling soon, or needs a licence, a certification or funding first.
- How to read the score
- More points mean easier to enter: 3/3 is easy, 0/3 very hard. It is not added to the Opportunity total, and local competition does not count here: that is Market gap.
Moderate
Makes it easier
- Hosts buy it themselves.
- No licence is needed to sell it.
Makes it harder
- It must connect to the police reporting system and later to the state register.
- Established hotel software already files for hotels.
Local competition does not change this level. It is covered under Market gap.
Suggested first moves
- Build a phone check-in for private apartment hosts that reads a guest's passport and files the police report.
- Call guesthouse owners who still retype guests by hand, and ask what they would pay to stop.
- Offer the move to the state register as part of the price, once the state publishes how software connects to it.
P-0040 · Czech hotels and guesthouses report the same guests to several authorities. A bill would merge this into one register in 2028.
Suggested first moves
About this section
- What this shows
- A few concrete steps to start with.
- Why it matters to a builder
- They are cheap ways to learn whether buyers will pay, before you build much.
- Build a phone check-in for private apartment hosts that reads a guest's passport and files the police report. Private hosts letting through platforms appear in no register today, as The opportunity shows, and the police report has the shortest deadline; see Why now. Start with that one report, then add the town's fee records.
- Call guesthouse owners who still retype guests by hand, and ask what they would pay to stop. Hotel software already covers most hotels, as Market gap shows, so the hosts left are small ones without it. The prices they will compare you with are under Willing to pay.
- Offer the move to the state register as part of the price, once the state publishes how software connects to it. Every hotel system will need its own connection, as Willing to pay shows, so a host who already uses your check-in is spared that upgrade. The bill's date is under Why now.