# enjoythai.land accommodation policy: Airbnb, vacation rentals, villas, serviced apartments

Access date: 2026-05-15

## Rule

Do not create static listing-level Airbnb recommendations.

Use Airbnb / vacation rentals / villas / serviced apartments as **city-level stay patterns** and **live-check candidates** only.

## Why

Individual listings are unstable:

- availability changes daily
- prices change dynamically
- review counts and ratings change
- hosts can delist or relist
- building/condo rules can vary
- short-term rental legality and licensing can be property-specific
- exact location disclosure is often intentionally partial before booking

## Static-safe fields

These can be stored in repo data:

- city-level rental relevance
- base-area relevance
- property pattern: condo, villa, serviced apartment, homestay, guesthouse, river raft, beach villa
- route risk: ferry, road, rail, airport, border, event crowding
- weather/AQI/flood caveats
- whether a rental pattern is useful for families, long stays, workation, airport buffer, island transfer, event overflow

## Live-only fields

Do not store as durable static facts:

- exact Airbnb listing URLs
- host names
- nightly prices
- review counts
- star ratings
- claimed legality
- room availability
- cancellation policy
- hidden exact address
- cleaning fee/service fee totals
- security deposit or house rules
- property license status unless verified from official/public registry

## Repo implementation suggestion

Add an `accommodationPatterns[]` field to entity seeds:

```json
{
  "type": "vacation_rental_pattern",
  "label": "Beach villas and condos",
  "static_summary": "Useful for family and longer stays, especially outside the city core.",
  "live_checks": ["availability", "price", "building_rules", "license_or_host_compliance", "transport_access"],
  "risk_tags": ["dynamic_price", "legal_context", "hidden_location", "weather_or_route_fragility"]
}
```

## City-level priority

High rental-pattern priority:
- Bangkok
- Chiang Mai
- Phuket
- Pattaya
- Hua Hin / Cha-am
- Krabi
- Pai
- Kanchanaburi
- Nakhon Ratchasima / Khao Yai
- Trang

Medium rental-pattern priority:
- Chiang Rai
- Surat Thani
- Sukhothai
- Nong Khai
- Chanthaburi
- Nan
- Mae Hong Son
- Hat Yai
- Khon Kaen
- Ubon Ratchathani

Low / support-only rental-pattern priority:
- Nonthaburi
- Pathum Thani
- Samut Prakan
- Lopburi
- Chonburi province-wide except Si Racha / Ko Sichang / Pattaya split
- Songkhla standalone

## Source candidates

- Airbnb responsible hosting in Thailand: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1388
- Airbnb Thailand stays pages: https://www.airbnb.com/bangkok-thailand/stays
- Current Thai short-term-rental legal commentary should be used only as supporting context, not as a substitute for official property-level verification.