Tourism law. Where the business, the guest and public rules meet.
Accommodation, package travel, levies, letting and liability interact in day-to-day tourism. This portal structures the issue and guides you to focused topics, interactive checks and practical checklists.
Mag. Bernhard Brandauer, Austrian attorney-at-law
BRANDAUER Rechtsanwälte
Mag. Bernhard Brandauer assists with the legal assessment of tourism contracts, operating issues, levies and liability matters.
From the specific issue to the right legal review path.
Tourism law spans contract law, trade regulation, levies, reporting duties and liability. The first questions are which service was offered, who contracted with whom and where the business or accommodation is located.
Identify the service and role
Accommodation, brokerage, package travel, hospitality and simple letting may follow different rules. Advertising, the booking process and actual performance need to match.
Preserve records and events
Booking confirmation, service description, terms, guest correspondence, registration data, photographs and official correspondence provide the basis for a reliable assessment.
Consider province and municipality
Tourism levies, local taxes, planning rules and use restrictions may vary by region. Location and the actual operating model should therefore be clarified early.
Begin with the service and the event in question. The topic pages explain the connections, the checks structure the key distinctions and the checklists help prepare documents and next steps.
Which tourism situation needs to be clarified?
Choose the area in which a booking, business, levy, use, contract or loss needs legal classification.
Accommodation and guest admission
Place the accommodation contract, booking, guest registration, house rules and liability for property brought by guests in their operational context.
Learn more →Package travel and organisers
Review travel services, information duties, lack of conformity, remedies, price reduction and termination against the actual booking model.
Learn more →Tourism levies and local taxes
Structure liability, assessment, exemptions, records and jurisdiction according to the province, municipality and type of business.
Learn more →Holiday homes and letting
Consider planning law, designated use, short-term letting, condominium rules and trade regulation together.
Learn more →Hospitality operations
Review operating permits, trade authorisation, events, reservations and guest incidents in the context of the ongoing business.
Learn more →Tourism contracts and liability
Separate the parties, promised service, defect, loss, contribution and evidence when tourism services do not proceed as planned.
Learn more →Accommodation check
Structure questions on accommodation and guest admission.
Tourism law connects the business with several areas of law.
An accommodation provider, organiser, hospitality business or landlord can rarely rely on a single statute. Contract and service description, trade authorisation, location, levies, guest registration, liability and consumer protection may all be relevant at the same time. Tourismus-recht.at is the multilingual specialist portal of BRANDAUER Rechtsanwälte. It helps businesses, guests and contracting parties structure the facts, identify relevant records and prepare a focused legal review.
Common questions about tourism law
When is an accommodation contract formed? +
When does a booking qualify as a package? +
Who has to account for a local or tourism levy? +
What matters after a guest suffers loss or damage? +
Can a home be let to guests on a short-term basis? +
Which records help with an initial legal assessment? +
Discuss a tourism-law matter
Briefly describe the business, location, parties and issue. We will discuss which documents and next review step may be useful.
Clarify a tourism-law question
Address
BRANDAUER Rechtsanwälte GmbH Giselakai 51 5020 Salzburg
Phone
+43 662 6280000