SHORT-TERM RENTAL AGREEMENT
Effective date: [DATE]. Complete the bracketed fields and remove unused options before signing.
Host: [FULL LEGAL NAME], [ADDRESS], [NOTICE EMAIL].
Guest: [FULL LEGAL NAME], [ADDRESS], [NOTICE EMAIL].
1. BOOKING
Property: [ADDRESS]. Check-in: [DATE / TIME]. Check-out: [DATE / TIME]. Maximum occupants and named lead guest: [DETAILS]. Included rooms, amenities, parking and access instructions: [DETAILS]. Host emergency contact: [DETAILS].
2. PRICE AND DEPOSIT
Nightly or total rate: [AMOUNT AND CURRENCY]. Cleaning fees, taxes and other charges: [ITEMIZED LIST]. Total: [AMOUNT]. Payment schedule: [DATES]. Security deposit and return deadline: [DETAILS]. Any damage deduction requires evidence and an itemized explanation.
3. CANCELLATION AND DISRUPTION
Guest cancellation deadlines and refund amounts: [CLEAR SCHEDULE]. Host cancellation, uninhabitable property and service failure remedies: [TERMS]. Refund method and timing: [DETAILS]. Mandatory accommodation or consumer rights prevail.
4. HOUSE RULES
Rules on visitors, parties, smoking, pets, noise and parking: [DETAILS]. The host provides the agreed safe accommodation; the guest uses it responsibly and reports defects. The guest is responsible for damage caused by misuse, excluding ordinary wear or pre-existing damage.
5. ACCESS AND DEPARTURE
Host access requires a lawful reason and required notice except emergencies. Checkout tasks and key return: [DETAILS]. Overstay charges and lawful possession procedures: [TERMS]. No blanket waiver of host negligence or mandatory guest rights is created.
6. NOTICES AND CHANGES
Notices must be sent to the addresses above by [AGREED DELIVERY METHOD] and take effect on [AGREED RECEIPT RULE]. Each party must promptly notify the other of changed contact details. Changes to this agreement must be recorded in writing and accepted by all affected parties.
7. LAW AND DISPUTES
Governing law: [AGREED LAW]. Courts or other agreed dispute process: [FORUM AND PROCESS]. The parties will first try to resolve a dispute through their named contacts for [NUMBER] days, without preventing urgent relief or missing a legal deadline. Nothing in this agreement removes rights or requirements that cannot lawfully be excluded.
8. COMPLETE AGREEMENT
This document and its completed schedules record the agreement on this subject. If a term cannot be enforced, the remaining terms continue to the extent permitted. Each signatory confirms authority to sign for the named party. Counterparts and electronic signatures may be used where permitted; any additional signing formalities must still be completed.
SIGNATURES
Host: [NAME]
Signature: ____________________ Date: ____________________
Signing capacity, if applicable: [TITLE / CAPACITY]
Guest: [NAME]
Signature: ____________________ Date: ____________________
Signing capacity, if applicable: [TITLE / CAPACITY]