Glaser Group manages holiday rentals in Fuengirola. The Costa del Sol’s most year-round town, with summer families, shoulder short breaks, and a Northern European long-stay winter market that a beach-only town cannot match. We work with owners who want one hands-on manager rather than a rental-pool operation. Initial focus: Los Boliches, Centro y Puerto, Higuerón.
From the first photo to the last guest check-out. Everything you’d expect — and the regulatory work most managers charge extra for.
We manage holiday and vacation rentals across our Fuengirola neighbourhoods. Pick yours to see local short-term rental notes, occupancy rate patterns, and the VUT licences that apply.
Glaser Group is run by Maarten Glaser from an office in Arroyo de la Miel, ten minutes from most properties we manage. Dutch by birth, Costa del Sol by choice. GIPE and CEPI accredited on the real estate side.
I’m Maarten — Dutch, on the Costa del Sol since 2017. Glaser Group started in 2019 as a real estate business, run from our office in Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena. We extended into Fuengirola because the market is one of the strongest year-round on the Costa del Sol — and because too many owners we knew here were stuck with managers who weren’t paying attention.
Every owner gets a senior member of our team as their direct contact, monthly statements with no surprises, and an honest opinion when something isn’t working. We’re family-run, and an Airbnb Superhost.
“If we wouldn’t recommend a property to a friend, we don’t take it on.”
Every Fuengirola owner gets a dedicated senior team member as their direct contact — fifteen minutes up the coast from our Arroyo de la Miel office, train line included, A7 traffic optional. The same voice that answered your discovery call answers your monthly statement question in November.
Fuengirola statements always lay out who paid what and when. Particularly relevant when your property sits inside a complex like Higuerón with its own community-fee rhythm, or when summer short-let income runs alongside a winter long-stay booking on the same line.
Junta de Andalucía VUT through the Málaga delegation and the February N2 filing. Fuengirola’s town hall is straightforward on most rules but watches noise on busy streets; we check the building’s community statutes before signing anything.
Dutch, English, Spanish, German across the team — and beyond. Fuengirola guests skew Finnish and Swedish in winter (the long-stay retiree market), British and Dutch in summer. Higuerón pulls a different mix — younger, multilingual, often family travellers. Every guest answered in their own language.
Fuengirola is one of our active cities — but not every Fuengirola property is a Glaser fit. Some Higuerón sub-blocks restrict short-term let; some studios off Calle Marbella don’t pass the Junta habitability minimums. If your unit hits one of those, we’ll say so up front rather than after a wasted onboarding.
Most rental managers on the Costa del Sol treat your property like inventory. We treat it like the second home you trusted us with — because that’s what it is.
A short conversation with Maarten and José about how we work — from our office in Arroyo de la Miel.
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No pressure, no commitment until you’re ready. We walk the property, run the numbers, explain what we’d do, and only then does a contract exist.
Every holiday rental in Andalusia needs the VUT (Vivienda de Uso Turístico) from the Junta de Andalucía. Since May 2026, following the Spanish Supreme Court's annulment of Royal Decree 1312/2024, the VUT is the only registration that counts. The national NRUA register is no longer required.
The VUT is registered in the name of the rental management company, not the individual owner, so the compliance responsibility sits with us. Straightforward applications can be processed in as little as a day.
If you already hold a valid VUT licence issued before 3 April 2025, it keeps its status under the old rules with no community vote needed. Only new applications in community buildings require a 3/5 majority vote under Ley Orgánica 1/2025, the April 2025 amendment to the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal. Some newer developments prohibit short-term rental entirely.
In Fuengirola specifically: the ayuntamiento processes community-vote paperwork relatively quickly compared to Mijas or Marbella, and Los Boliches and Torreblanca blocks have established precedents for VUT approvals. Higuerón and Myramar developments follow the same standard Junta procedure. Our team files every N2 declaration with the Junta de Andalucía each February.
Full VUT licence guide →Selective by design. Every property below is managed by our Fuengirola team; professional photography, local pricing data, in-person check-in on every arrival.
Verified reviews left by guests who stayed in properties we manage. Named and verifiable, published as written.
Glaser Holiday Rentals apartment in Fuengirola was as expected. Looked like the pictures and we had a great time. Jose was nice and very helpful. We can recommend this apartment and place for people that enjoy good time with lots to do and relax same time.
The apartment was in a great location and maintained to a great standard. The amenities were clean and accessible. Jose was a great host, friendly and knowledgeable. The communication with Glaser was easygoing. We would definitely stay there again. Overall we really enjoyed staying with Glaser.
Wonderful stay, we would definitely return. Extremely responsive and helpful host, always went above and beyond and really wanted us to have a great stay! Apartment was spotless, bed was extremely comfortable!
Had a very pleasant experience with this company. Communication is very good, and the apartment was above expectations! Would 100% recommend.
We had a wonderful stay in Glaser Holiday Homes. The apartment was clean, comfortable, and well located, making it easy to explore the area and enjoy the beach. The staff were friendly and helpful throughout our stay.
A brilliant week away in this lovely apartment. Peaceful area, great pool, A/C worked a treat which is always handy and welcomed in hot weather. Loved the private terrace. Beds are very comfortable. Jose was our rep from Glaser and he was excellent.
Genuine local knowledge isn’t a marketing line — it’s the small operational details that compound into better guest reviews and higher annual yield. A few specifics our team works with day-to-day:
Beachfront blocks here are the rental sweet spot. East-facing units capture the morning sun and tend to outperform west-facing ones for short-stay bookings.
Walking distance to the train station is the single biggest booking driver. Listings that mention the roughly 34-minute airport access via Cercanías consistently outperform those that don't.
The resort amenities (pools, spa, restaurants) handle a lot of the guest experience. Owners can charge premium rates but the management of community rules is critical.
Long-stay winter market is strongest here. Dutch and Scandinavian retirees often book three to six months — different listing strategy from short-let summer.
Weekly notes from the team — regulation, market dynamics, how things actually work.
Fuengirola is one piece of the wider Glaser Group rental management network along the Costa del Sol. We also actively manage Benalmádena rental management, Torremolinos rental management, Mijas rental management, Marbella rental management, Benahavís rental management and Málaga rental management, plus three inland-anchor sites in the Guadalhorce valley. The Costa del Sol umbrella site connects every city team.
Fuengirola is the Costa del Sol's most year-round town, which makes it a market where vacation rental management, Airbnb management and long-stay rental can all work well — depending on the property and the owner's goals. Glaser's Fuengirola property management service covers every operational requirement: VUT licensing through the Junta de Andalucía, multi-portal listing on Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and long-stay channels, dynamic pricing on Fuengirola comparables, in-person guest check-in, 24-hour multilingual support, monthly owner statements, and the annual N2 filing. Glaser Group is the holiday rental agency for Fuengirola owners who want active management rather than a passive listing service. Whether you've been searching for a Fuengirola holiday rental agency, a Fuengirola property manager, a Fuengirola Airbnb management company, a vacation rental manager, or long-stay rental management — that's what we handle, daily, from our Arroyo de la Miel office.
Our home office is in Arroyo de la Miel. One team, one licensing process, and one owner contact across the network. Twenty minutes to any property we manage on the central coast.
If your question isn’t here, call or message us directly — we answer honestly whether we’re the right manager for you or not.
Glaser offers several Fuengirola management packages — each pairs a commitment length with a different balance of flexibility. Fuengirola owners typically pick by stay-length: short-let-leaning owners want one structure, year-round long-stay owners (Fuengirola is the Costa's most year-round town) often pick another. We walk you through the options at the discovery call.
Yes — owner-use blocks are standard. In Fuengirola the typical owner pattern is steady year-round — Fuengirola is the Costa del Sol's most year-round town, so owner usage isn't tied to one season the way it is elsewhere. Tell us your dates and we block the calendar before the listing goes live. Reasonable owner usage is built into every Glaser management agreement; your property stays yours.
You don't until we've worked together. What we promise up front: a senior team member as your direct contact, a Fuengirola monthly statement that ties out, and an honest no when we're not the right manager for your block. Fuengirola has more long-stay-rental viable buildings than most cities; we'll be honest about which model suits which property.
We actively manage in Fuengirola alongside Benalmádena (our home city) and Mijas — these three cities form our daily operational triangle from the Arroyo de la Miel office. We also manage in Marbella, Torremolinos, Málaga and Benahavís. If your property is in any of those seven — or inland in Coín, Alhaurín el Grande or Alhaurín de la Torre — we'll route you to the right Glaser Group team. Properties outside the Costa del Sol — we don't operate there and we'll say so.
Yes — at the discovery call. We share comparable figures for similar Fuengirola units, separated by sub-market and stay-length: short-let-only, mixed short-let/long-stay, and pure long-stay. Mixing those would distort the picture, so we keep them apart. Real numbers, real dates.
We onboard at handover or within three months of keys. Before that we can advise on Fuengirola-specific rental-readiness — particularly which buildings have a clean 3/5 community-vote position and which suit long-stay rental over short-let. Formal management starts when the keys are in your hand.
Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and more — plus our long-stay rental channels for the Northern European retiree market that drives much of Fuengirola's year-round demand. Direct bookings come through this site and the Costa del Sol umbrella.
Fuengirola has the smallest low-season swing of any Costa del Sol town — daily foot traffic on the seven-kilometre Paseo Marítimo stays meaningful even in January. The Northern European long-stay market keeps occupancy steady October-March. We pick the operational mix per property; many Fuengirola owners do better with mid-stay or long-stay than with pure short-let.
When the community of owners has voted in favour of short-term rental — or where the property is an individual freehold villa with no community vote required — the Junta de Andalucía declaración responsable typically processes in 1-5 working days. The same Andalusian regional process under Decreto 31/2024 applies in Fuengirola as elsewhere. The community vote itself is a separate prerequisite, not part of the licence-processing time.
Yes, the 3/5 community-of-owners rule applies in Fuengirola, as it does across Andalucía under the April 2025 amendment to the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal — a three-fifths majority vote is required in community buildings before any new VUT licence can be granted. Existing licences from before April 2025 are grandfathered. Fuengirola's mixed long-stay/short-let market means many buildings have voted to permit because rental income is part of the local fabric. We read each comunidad's meeting minutes for every property we consider managing.
No longer. The NRUA (Número de Registro Único de Alquiler), introduced by Royal Decree 1312/2024 and briefly in force from 1 July 2025, was annulled by the Spanish Supreme Court in May 2026. It is no longer a requirement. Booking platforms must still verify a valid regional registration number, and in Andalucía that is your VUT. We handle the VUT registration at onboarding as part of the management package.
Owner statements are issued in the first week of each month for the previous month's reservations. Each statement breaks out platform commission, cleaning, maintenance, and our management fee separately so you can see exactly where the gross income goes. Bank transfers go out the same day the statement is issued. Year-end summaries are prepared every January for the Spanish tax year and sent to your gestor or accountant on request.
Yes — every guest stay in a VUT property must be registered with the Guardia Civil under the SES.HOSPEDAJES system within 24 hours of arrival. We handle this for every Glaser-managed property; it's not work the owner needs to do. Failure to register guests is one of the most common causes of municipal fines for owners self-managing in Fuengirola. The system requires guest passport details and stay dates; everything is logged and we keep records for the legal retention period.
Glaser's Fuengirola management package is end-to-end — operational services that Spanish municipal law and platform algorithms both require, all included in one fee. Specifically: VUT licensing through the Junta de Andalucía · multi-portal listing on Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and more · dynamic pricing calibrated on Fuengirola comparables · guest enquiries and 24-hour multilingual support · in-person check-in (we don't use lockboxes) · welcome basket · SES.HOSPEDAJES traveller registration · cleaning · linen · maintenance coordination · monthly owner statements with platform fees broken out · and annual N2 filing each February. Photography, professional towel and linen sets, and the N2 filing itself are quoted separately at onboarding.
Yes — every VUT property is required to file the Modelo N2 declaration with the Junta de Andalucía each February for the previous year. We prepare the filing alongside your monthly statements through the year, so the data is ready when February comes. The N2 filing is a separately-quoted service rather than included in the standard management fee. For non-Spanish-resident owners, we also flag the annual Modelo 210 non-resident income tax requirement and route you to a Spanish gestor if you don't already have one.
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