Short-Term Rental Management in Ulster County, NY
Woodstock caps rental permits at 285. As of July 2026, all of them were taken.
Buying in Woodstock or the City of Kingston? Ask Jake where the permit stands before you sign.
Towns and local rules
The City of Kingston caps one of its three rental permits.
The full permit, to rent a whole unit, is capped at about 106, roughly 1 percent of the city's housing, and as of July 2026 that cap was effectively full. You need a permit before you advertise or rent any home for under 30 days in a row. A full permit runs roughly $650 a year, and the other two roughly $125. Renting without a permit brings fines from $1,000 up to $7,500.
Towns we serve
Every Ulster County municipality, in our footprint
We operate across all of Ulster County. Every town below links to its plain-English short-term rental rules: source-cited where we have confirmed the ordinance, and honestly marked where we have not.
- Denning
- Ellenville
- Esopus
- Gardiner
- Hardenburgh
- Hurley
- Kingston
- Kingston (Town)
- Lloyd
- Marbletown
- Marlborough
- New Paltz
- New Paltz
- Olive
- Plattekill
- Rochester
- Rosendale
- Saugerties
- Saugerties
- Shandaken
- Shawangunk
- Ulster (Town)
- Wawarsing
- Woodstock
All 24 Ulster County municipalities. See the full Ulster County rules map.
Ulster County market
One of the Hudson Valley's most active short-term rental markets.
Ulster is one of the busiest short-term rental markets in the Hudson Valley, spanning Kingston, Woodstock, and New Paltz out to Saugerties, the Shawangunks, and the Catskills. We do not publish rate, occupancy, or supply figures for Ulster we cannot yet stand behind, so the honest read for your specific town comes on the property-fit call. Demand here is real and well established, which is exactly why the disciplined, compliant listing wins over the one that simply exists, and why several Ulster towns have moved to regulate short stays directly.
If you already hold a permit in Woodstock or the City of Kingston
Woodstock, with another manager running the home
Bring the permit number to the call.
The City of Kingston, with a full permit
The wider footprint
Airbnb and short-term rental management beyond Ulster County.
Ulster County is one of 10 counties we serve, from Northern New Jersey into the Lower Hudson Valley. If you own in more than one, or you are weighing which market to launch in, start with our short-term rental management company overview, then open the county your property sits in below.
Westchester County, NY
The suburban Lower Hudson Valley north of the city, from the river towns to White Plains. See Westchester County.
Rockland County, NY
West of the Hudson in the Lower Hudson Valley, from Nyack to the New Jersey line. See Rockland County.
Orange County, NY
Newburgh, Warwick, and the West Point corridor across the wider Mid-Hudson footprint. See Orange County.
Putnam County, NY
The lake and reservoir communities from Carmel and Mahopac to Cold Spring. See Putnam County.
FAQ
What does a Woodstock permit allow if I don't live in the home?
Up to 180 rental days a year, and no more than 26 weekends. The permit is renewed every year, at about $250 a year for a home you don't live in. For a home you live in, it's about $50 plus $25 a bedroom.
If I live in my home in the City of Kingston, am I up against the cap?
No. A home you live in takes a resident-occupied permit, and a home rented fewer than 30 nights a year takes a limited permit. Neither is capped, and both are allowed citywide.