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If you let a holiday home in the Canary Islands as a Vivienda Vacacional<\/strong> (“VV”), you are required to display an official VV plaque (distintivo)<\/strong> outside the property, next to the main entrance, visible from the street. For owners who live abroad and manage a property remotely, this page sets out exactly what the plaque is, when you need one, and how to order it without ever having to visit Gran Canaria in person.<\/p>\n

What the VV plaque is<\/h2>\n

The plaque is the official distintivo<\/strong> that identifies a property as a registered Vivienda Vacacional. The design used across the Canary Islands is model CN27<\/strong>: a fixed size of 30 \u00d7 30 cm<\/strong>, made in aluminium composite panel<\/strong> so it can stay outdoors year-round without fading, corroding or warping in salt air. It is not a decorative sign or a marketing item: it is a compliance marker, and its look, size and wording are set by regulation rather than by choice.<\/p>\n

The legal basis<\/h2>\n

Holiday lets in the Canary Islands are governed by Decreto 113\/2015, de 22 de mayo<\/strong> (the Reglamento de las viviendas vacacionales de Canarias). Under this decree, a property can only be let as a Vivienda Vacacional once it has been through the registration process described below, and a registered property is required to display the official distintivo at the entrance.<\/p>\n

The plaque’s own design, its size, symbol and format, comes from a separate rule, Decreto 50\/2011, de 8 de abril<\/strong> (BOC n\u00ba 81), which sets the official distintivos used across all classes of tourism establishment in the Canary Islands, not only holiday lets. Together, the two decrees are why the plaque looks the way it does and why it is required at all: Decreto 113\/2015 creates the obligation, Decreto 50\/2011 defines the object. Some administrative details are applied slightly differently between municipalities, so for a specific enforcement question, confirm it directly with your island’s Cabildo or the Canarian tourism authority.<\/p>\n

Who needs one<\/h2>\n

Anyone letting out a home in the Canary Islands on a short-term, tourist basis (what the regulation calls a Vivienda Vacacional) needs to go through registration and display the plaque, regardless of whether the owner lives on the island, elsewhere in Spain, or abroad. This applies whether you manage the property yourself, through a local manager, or through a letting agency. The paperwork and the plaque are often handled by whoever manages the property day to day, but legal responsibility sits with the owner, so it is worth checking directly that both have actually been done.<\/p>\n

Registration comes first: the plaque comes after<\/h2>\n

The order of events matters, and it is a common source of confusion for owners new to the process. The plaque is not what makes a property legal to let: it is what you display once the property already is legal to let. In practice:<\/p>\n

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  1. The owner (or their representative) files a declaraci\u00f3n responsable<\/strong> with the relevant authority, confirming the property meets the requirements to operate as a Vivienda Vacacional.<\/li>\n
  2. The property is entered in the Registro General Tur\u00edstico de Canarias<\/strong> and given a registration reference.<\/li>\n
  3. Only once the property is registered does the obligation to display the distintivo apply: at that point, the plaque should go up at the entrance, visible from the street.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We make and supply the plaque itself; we are not part of the registration process and cannot file the declaraci\u00f3n responsable on your behalf. If you have not yet registered the property, your local ayuntamiento (town hall), your island’s Cabildo, or a gestor\u00eda (administrative agency) familiar with tourism licensing is the right place to start.<\/p>\n

    Where it has to go<\/h2>\n

    The plaque is displayed outside the property, beside the main entrance, in a position clearly visible from the street<\/strong>. The point of the requirement is that a tourism inspector (or indeed a guest) can confirm at a glance that the property is registered, without needing to go inside or ask. If a property has more than one entrance used by guests, it is common practice to display it at the entrance guests actually use to arrive.<\/p>\n

    What happens at a tourism inspection<\/h2>\n

    Tourism authorities in the Canary Islands do carry out inspections of registered holiday lets, and the distintivo is one of the most visible things checked: it is external, obvious, and either present and correct or not. Beyond the plaque, inspections generally look at whether the property matches its registration (occupancy, facilities, safety) and whether its paperwork is in order. Specific inspection practice and any penalties can vary and change, so we do not quote figures here: your local ayuntamiento or the Canarian tourism authority can confirm current practice.<\/p>\n

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