Short-Term Rentals in Eagle County, CO (2026)

Permit Requirements

Eagle County (home to Vail, Beaver Creek, Avon, Edwards, Eagle, Gypsum, and Basalt) is unusual among major Colorado ski-country STR markets in that the County itself does NOT operate a county-level short-term rental license or permit program for unincorporated areas. On May 13, 2025 the Eagle County Board of Commissioners voted to reject a draft county STR ordinance and directed staff instead to collect data and let metro districts and HOAs continue to regulate STRs neighborhood-by-neighborhood. Approximately 2,000 of the County's roughly 5,200 STRs sit in unincorporated Eagle County (largely Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch, Arrowhead, and Eagle-Vail), and most of those are already governed by metro-district covenants or HOA rules. STR operators in unincorporated Eagle County must still (1) collect and remit state and county lodging/sales taxes under CRS Title 39 and the Eagle County Lodging Tax (Ballot Issue 1A approved November 2022), (2) comply with their HOA, metro district, and fire-protection-district rules, and (3) follow the State of Colorado's marketplace-facilitator and STR statutes including HB23-1287 (effective August 7, 2023) which clarifies county authority over lodging units rented under 30 days. Operators inside the incorporated Towns of Vail, Avon, Eagle, Gypsum, Basalt, Red Cliff, and Minturn must obtain that town's separate STR license rather than a county permit.