Does ΚΥΑ 153/2026 set minimum room sizes?

Yes. The decision sets 12 m² for a single room, 14 m² for a double and 17 m² for a triple, with 7 m² more for a fourth bed, and a shared kitchen of at least 15 m². These are the decision's own figures — verify them against the primary text before relying on them.

How far can staff accommodation be from the hotel?

Up to 10 kilometres. Staff rooms on separate plots must sit within a 10 km radius of the hotel they serve.

What happens if a hotel doesn't comply?

The competent tourism authority inspects and can impose a penalty. If the accommodation isn't brought up to standard within thirty days, it can be sealed — its operation suspended — and the employer then has to house its staff in at least a two-star hotel at its own cost. Sealing is immediate where health is at risk, rooms are misused, or a required fire-safety certificate is missing.

Is Relyo compliance software?

No. It keeps the housing records — inspections with photos, the operating file, the season's costs — in one place, so the record an inspector asks for already exists. It doesn't certify rooms or make a legal claim on your behalf. This page is a plain-language guide, not legal advice.

Relyo is staff housing software that connects allocation, inspections, tickets, utility billing and finance into one ledger, so the work that usually runs out of spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups runs out of one system instead. One AI assistant helps across all five — it drafts, triages and checks the work, and nothing it touches goes live without a person approving it.

How quickly can we go live?

We import your existing unit list and resident roster from whatever you have today — a spreadsheet, a Notion page, the old PMS — so there's no IT project, no integration build, and no waiting on procurement. One of the founders sits with your operations lead through the early weeks.

What happens to our existing spreadsheets and HR data?

We import them. The first 48 hours of a Relyo pilot are spent loading your unit list, your landlord contracts, your current resident roster and the last 12 months of utility readings. After that the spreadsheet becomes a snapshot, not where the work happens. You can keep exporting back to it if your finance team needs CSVs.

What does the pilot cost?

Nothing. The pilot is free for selected partners. We cover setup and onboarding, and you run your operation on Relyo at no cost. Pricing only enters the conversation if you choose to continue beyond the pilot, and we'll figure that out together.

Does Relyo replace our PMS?

No. Relyo doesn't touch your guest-side PMS — Opera, Mews, Cloudbeds and the rest keep running exactly as they do today. Relyo runs in parallel and manages the staff-housing side: the units, the residents, the bills. Onboarding is import-based (CSV or XLSX), so nothing needs to be integrated for you to go live. Direct PMS integrations are on the roadmap.

Who can access our data?

Your data is isolated per organisation with row-level security, scoped to your team — nobody outside it sees your data. The AI assistant works under the same rules: it drafts, a person approves, and every action lands on the audit trail. You can export everything at any time (CSV or XLSX), and if you leave, it leaves with you.

STAFF ACCOMMODATION · GREECE · 2026

Staff accommodation in Greece, under ΚΥΑ 153/2026

Since 15 January 2026, hotel staff accommodation in Greece has its first binding standard. ΚΥΑ 153/2026 sets what a staff room must be, how far it can sit from the hotel, and what happens if it falls short. This is a plain-language guide for the person who owns housing across the group — and a note on the records the law now expects you to keep.

What “staff housing software” means

Staff housing software is the system a hotel uses to run the accommodation it provides its seasonal staff: which bed each worker gets, the condition of the room at check-in and check-out, the maintenance and the utility bills, and what the season cost. It is not a guest-side PMS — the PMS runs the rooms you sell; staff housing software runs the ones your staff sleep in. Relyo is one such system.

What ΚΥΑ 153/2026 requires

ΚΥΑ 153/2026 (ΦΕΚ 95/Β′, 15 January 2026) is the first framework to set technical and operational specifications for δωμάτια προσωπικού — the rooms a tourism business provides its staff. It follows the enabling clause added to Law 4276/2014 by Article 66 of Law 5121/2024. The 2026 season is the first it is in force.

The room standard

The headline requirements, as set out in the decision. The figures are the decision's own; verify them against the primary text before you rely on them.

Minimum room size: 12 m² single · 14 m² double · 17 m² triple (+7 m² for a fourth bed)
Distance from the hotel: Up to 10 km
Beds: Single from 0.90×1.90 m, double from 1.60×2.00 m
Furnishings: Wardrobes, nightstands, a fridge, a television, an internet connection, hot water
Shared spaces: A shared kitchen of at least 15 m², plus laundry, ironing and storage
Light & climate: Natural light and ventilation, heating and cooling

The file every hotel now keeps

Lawful operation runs on paperwork, not a licence. The decision expects a file to exist and to be current:

A γνωστοποίηση — the notice that the staff rooms are in operation.
A κανονισμός λειτουργίας — the operating rules for the rooms.
The supporting documents — a building permit, and a fire-safety certificate where one is required.
A record for each room that you can show an inspector on the day they ask.

Inspections and enforcement

The competent tourism authority inspects. Where rooms fall short, enforcement escalates from a penalty to sealing — the suspension of the accommodation's operation. After a penalty, a hotel has thirty days to put things right before sealing follows; sealing is immediate where there is a danger to health, where rooms are used for something other than housing staff, or where a required fire-safety certificate is missing. If accommodation is sealed, the employer must move its staff to a hotel of at least two stars and cover the cost.

Read the decision

This guide summarises the decision in plain language. It is not legal advice. The primary text is here:

Where Relyo fits — and where it doesn't

The decision turns staff accommodation into a records problem: a room standard to evidence, a file to keep current, an inspection you have to be ready for on any given day. That is the part Relyo holds. Every unit carries a dated inspection record with photos — check-in and check-out, side by side — and the housing file lives in one place instead of a drawer, a WhatsApp group and a spreadsheet. When an inspector asks, the record already exists.

Relyo is not compliance software, and this page is not a compliance claim. It doesn't certify a room, file your γνωστοποίηση, or stand in for your lawyer. It keeps the records straight, so the people who do those things have something to work from. Confirm every requirement against the ΦΕΚ and your own counsel.

Questions

Does ΚΥΑ 153/2026 set minimum room sizes?: Yes. The decision sets 12 m² for a single room, 14 m² for a double and 17 m² for a triple, with 7 m² more for a fourth bed, and a shared kitchen of at least 15 m². These are the decision's own figures — verify them against the primary text before relying on them.
How far can staff accommodation be from the hotel?: Up to 10 kilometres. Staff rooms on separate plots must sit within a 10 km radius of the hotel they serve.
What happens if a hotel doesn't comply?: The competent tourism authority inspects and can impose a penalty. If the accommodation isn't brought up to standard within thirty days, it can be sealed — its operation suspended — and the employer then has to house its staff in at least a two-star hotel at its own cost. Sealing is immediate where health is at risk, rooms are misused, or a required fire-safety certificate is missing.
Is Relyo compliance software?: No. It keeps the housing records — inspections with photos, the operating file, the season's costs — in one place, so the record an inspector asks for already exists. It doesn't certify rooms or make a legal claim on your behalf. This page is a plain-language guide, not legal advice.

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