Property Management in Davenport, FL — Airbnb & Short-Term Rentals

Short-term rental and Airbnb management in Davenport

Davenport sits on the Polk County side of the theme-park corridor. Its vacation homes are mostly pool homes and townhomes in gated resort subdivisions, built for families and groups who want bedrooms and a private pool for the price of a hotel room or two.

Property management in Davenport starts with jurisdiction. Some homes are inside the City of Davenport, and many more carry a Davenport address but sit in unincorporated Polk County. Each side has its own rulebook, so our short-term rental management begins by checking which one applies and whether the subdivision has short-term rental approval.

Where guests come from

• The Orlando-area theme parks. Davenport’s resort subdivisions house families on multi-day park trips who would rather drive a little further for more space.
• ChampionsGate’s golf. The Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate has two 18-hole courses designed by Greg Norman and is the world headquarters of the David Leadbetter Golf Academy, which brings golf groups to rental homes nearby.
• Extended-stay tourists. Polk County’s own Ronald Reagan Parkway plan names “Extended Stay Tourist” as one of the three main housing markets in the district that covers Polk’s side of ChampionsGate.
• LEGOLAND Florida. The LEGOLAND Florida Resort in Winter Haven, with its Peppa Pig Theme Park, gives families a second set of parks in Polk County.

Davenport short-term rental rules

Every vacation rental in Florida needs a license from the DBPR Division of Hotels and Restaurants under §509.241.

Inside city limits, the City of Davenport Unified Land Development Regulations are the rulebook. Table 3.07.00(A) lists Short Term Rentals (Vacation Rentals) as permitted with conditions in every residential district from AG to MH-2. Section 4.03.19 reads, in full, that short term rental units are allowed per State of Florida statutes. The regulations were last updated on March 2, 2026, by Ordinance 1396.

Outside the city, Polk County LDC Section 303 defines a short-term rental as a home made available more than three times a year for under 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is less. A single home cannot be rented that way unless its whole subdivision, Planned Development or phase has been approved, and the code warns that deed restrictions can still prohibit it. Each rental must be registered with the Land Development Division every year.

The same section sets day-to-day rules: the state license posted on the back of the main entrance door, a 24-hour contact number for the management company, two covered trash containers, and no tour buses in the residential streets.

Taxes on Davenport vacation rentals

Stays of six months or less owe Florida’s 6% sales tax under §212.03 and Polk County’s 1% discretionary sales surtax, per DOR form DR-15DSS.

Polk County adds a 5% tourist development tax. The DOR’s DR-15TDT chart (R. 10/26) lists it as county-collected, and the Polk County Tax Collector says owners and their managers remit it monthly. Payment is due on the first of the following month and is late after the 20th, and monthly filings moved to the Phenix Online portal on August 17, 2026.

How Florida Hosts manages Davenport rentals

In Davenport, our own cleaning and maintenance teams turn homes over between stays, and guests can reach us 24/7. We set up the DBPR license, the Polk County registration and the tourist tax account before the first booking.

Airbnb management for a Davenport pool home covers the listing, pricing around school holidays, guest screening, the county registration paperwork and turnovers. Our fee for Davenport short-term homes is 18–25% of booking revenue, quoted in writing before you sign.

For homes in subdivisions without short-term approval, we offer furnished mid-term stays of 30 days or more and long-term leases through licensed broker partners. Free rental projections for Davenport homes go out within one business day.