A month in Rzeszów

Polish law exempts foreigners from residence registration, the meldunek, when their stay in Poland does not exceed 30 days. A longer stay brings the duty: citizens of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland register at the commune office by the 30th day after arriving at the address, other nationals by the fourth day. An EU citizen who stays beyond three months must also register the residence, in person, no later than the day after the three months run out.

Non-EU visitors may stay 90 days in any 180 across the Schengen area, and since 10 April 2026 the EU Entry/Exit System records their entries and exits at the external border. A side trip into Ukraine leaves the Schengen area, and the return crosses the external border again. British travellers need a passport issued less than 10 years before and valid at least three months after they leave the Schengen area.

A furnished flat let by the night counts as a hotel service in an "other establishment" under the hotel services act, which sets no number of days. The government bill now in the Sejm would define hotel services as stays of less than 30 days for one client and give every such flat an ID number for its listings; it awaits its second reading, so nothing changes yet.

A longer stay can also be a lease under the Civil Code. The occasional lease, najem okazjonalny, protects the landlord with a notarial deed in which the tenant agrees to leave and names another address to move to, plus a deposit of up to six months' rent. Ask which contract a month is offered under before paying a deposit.

Where a Polish commune levies the opłata miejscowa, the current act charges it for every day begun and sets no limit on the number of days, with a 2026 cap of PLN 3.46 a day. Whether Rzeszów levies it was unverified as of October 2026, so ask the host whether the price includes a local levy.

An act passed by parliament in September 2026 and awaiting the President's signature on 5 October 2026 would change the levy from 1 January 2027 wherever a city adopts it: a charge per night, a cap of PLN 5, and no levy on stays of more than 29 consecutive nights. It is not law yet.

The paid zone charges only on weekdays from 8:00 to 20:00, so a car parked on the street pays on working days and nothing at weekends. The 2022 resolution sets an ordinary monthly permit at PLN 300 in sub-zone 1 and PLN 200 in sub-zones 2 to 4; who may buy it was not verified, so ask the operator, MATiP, before counting on one.

The station area suits a month built around trips out: trains from Rzeszów Główny, coaches from the bus station, and the Bieszczady about 76 km away at Sanok. The castle quarter sits in the cheaper sub-zone 2 on the 2020 map, a short walk from the Market Square. An apartment on 3 Maja or Kościuszki lies in restricted zone A, where a guest's car cannot reach the door without a permit under the 2024 order.

Airbnb calls 28 nights or more a monthly stay. It charges the first month up front and releases it to the host 24 hours after check-in, then charges each later month 10 days before it starts. How other platforms label long stays in Rzeszów was not verified as of October 2026.

Staying 31 nights without registering. Past 30 days in Poland, the meldunek deadline for non-EU nationals is the fourth day at the address.

Counting Schengen days in Poland alone. The 90 days in 180 run across the whole area.

Booking a flat in restricted zone A with a car. Check where the car can stop before paying.

Planning a drive into Ukraine in a rental car without asking the rental company first.