Post by Cath, Senior User Researcher, Welsh Revenue Authority

The Welsh Revenue Authority is creating a new online registration service for visitor accommodation providers in Wales. In this blog post, we share our findings from a recent round of research with Welsh-speaking users.

Post by Gareth, Registration Lead, Welsh Revenue Authority

As we reach the end of 2025, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the progress we’ve made building Wales’ visitor accommodation registration service. This service will allow all visitor accommodation providers in Wales to register from autumn 2026, and your input has been crucial in shaping it.

Post by Claire, Head of Stakeholder Engagement

Since joining the Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) 7 months ago, I’ve been working with WRA colleagues to help accommodation providers prepare for a significant change. From autumn 2026, in accordance with Welsh Government policy, anyone who takes bookings for overnight stays in Wales will need to register with the WRA.

Our focus has been on working with accommodation providers, tourism bodies and local authorities to make sure the sector understands what’s coming and to help us shape the service.

Post by Gareth, Registration Lead, Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA)

We have made significant progress over the past 2 weeks, particularly in building new routes through the visitor accommodation registration service. We are now very close to launching an external environment for users to test the service.

From autumn 2026, visitor accommodation providers in Wales will need to register with the WRA.

Post by Gareth, Registration Lead, Welsh Revenue Authority

We’ve reached a significant milestone in building the visitor accommodation registration service. We have now completed the end-to-end ‘simple route’ journey. For the first time, a user can move through the service from start to finish. They can enter their details, add their premises, confirm the information and receive a registration number.

Post by Gareth, Visitor Accommodation Registration Lead

Every 2 weeks, we share what our team has been working on. We’re building the new service for visitor accommodation providers in Wales to register with the WRA.

The team works in 2-week sprints, where we focus on achieving a specific goal. This approach allows us to continuously improve the service and adapt our plans based on what we learn along the way.

Post by Gareth, Registration Lead, Welsh Revenue Authority

The Welsh Revenue Authority is creating a new online registration service for visitor accommodation providers in Wales. In this blog post, we share what we learned from building a mailing list to keep people updated.

Post by Gareth, Registration Lead, Welsh Revenue Authority

Every 2 weeks, we’ll share what our visitor accommodation registration team has been working on as we build the new service for visitor accommodation providers to register with the WRA.  

The team works in 2-week sprints, where we focus on achieving a specific goal. This approach allows us to continuously improve the service and adapt our plans based on what we learn along the way.  

Post by Gareth, Registration Lead, Welsh Revenue Authority

The Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) is creating a new online registration service for all visitor accommodation providers who operate in Wales. The Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) (Wales) Act became law in September 2025. From autumn 2026, anyone who charges visitors for overnight stays in Wales will need to register with us.