Todos Santos

Renting out and cleaning homes in Todos Santos, Mexico, from the winter swell to a slow September

If you manage vacation rentals in Todos Santos, you're working in a market of roughly 466 active listings, which averaged 33.3% occupancy between August 2025 and July 2026, according to AirROI. March tends to be the best month and September the weakest, and winter is both the best surf season and the time for gray whales. Upbridge's AI operations assistant, Cleo, works over WhatsApp with vacation rental operators and cleaning companies and organizes the cleanings and the inventory for each place.

The rules here

We haven't found any rules specific to Todos Santos, so this table is short. We checked it on September 25, 2026.

TopicWhat it saysStatusSinceSource
State rules The state lodging tax, and the talk about a vacation-rental law, are on the Baja California Sur page. No specific law Checked in September 2026 Baja California Sur
Municipality Todos Santos is part of the municipality of La Paz. We didn't come across a municipal vacation-rental rule that covers the town. No specific law Checked in September 2026 Our own review

The platforms' withholding for the SAT is the same across Mexico, and we explain it on the page for all of Mexico.

This is not legal or tax advice, and Upbridge does not file anything for you: no registrations and no tax returns.

How it works on the ground

AirROI's numbers show March as the month a Todos Santos rental usually earns the most and September as the month it earns the least, at under half of March. Your checkouts and cleanings pile up in winter, and September is when the maintenance and deep cleaning that never fit between two bookings can finally happen.

Winter is the best surf season, Tus Buenas Noticias reports, with Los Cerritos suiting intermediate surfers and Punta Lobos the advanced ones. A guest who's here to surf comes back with a board, a wetsuit and a lot of sand, so cleaning in those weeks has to allow for the outdoor shower, extra towels and sandy floors.

The La Paz tourism trust's beach guide says La Pastora has powerful waves and strong currents and isn't safe for swimming. Your guests should know before they leave the house which beach to pick if they want to get in the water.

In October 2024, Tribuna de México reported that the Grupo Tortuguero de Todos Santos was looking after about 40,000 olive ridley eggs in 400 nests, with releases at San Sebastián beach, which locals call La Máquina. The group's president, Enedino Castillo, said dogs, especially those of tourists camping near the dunes, kill the turtles. If your place is pet-friendly, it's worth passing on what the group asks for, which is keeping dogs away from the nests, skipping bonfires and not driving on the beach.

From La Paz airport to Todos Santos it's 86 kilometers, about 1 hour 11 minutes by car, Rome2Rio says, and Autobuses Águila runs an hourly bus from La Paz that takes about 1 hour 35 minutes. So if their flight lands at night, they'll reach the house more than an hour later.

Where Upbridge fits

For surf season we'll help you set up a photo cleaning checklist, room by room, where the outdoor shower and the sand are required items. When the cleaner finishes, you get a timestamped report.

In the guest guide, which we build and which opens on the guest's phone in English or Spanish, you can say which beach is good for swimming and why La Pastora isn't, what the turtle group asks of anyone with a dog, and how to get there from La Paz airport. If a guest wants to come in early, they request the early check-in right there, pay for it on the Upbridge page, and your team gets the task.

With checkouts bunching up in winter, per-property inventory helps too. It deducts the products you set up after each stay, and it warns you in the app, by email and on WhatsApp when something's running low.

If you rent out or clean homes in Todos Santos, Upbridge can help you get through a packed winter, from the photo of the last room to the guide your guest opens when they arrive.

If you run a cleaning company in Todos Santos

Your year peaks in March and dips in September, and in winter guests leave the houses full of beach sand. The account for cleaning companies puts every owner's iCal or PMS on one calendar, so you can plan the winter peak ahead of time. You keep your clients, and we don't charge a commission on the cleanings.

Questions about running rentals in Todos Santos

How long is the drive from La Paz airport to Todos Santos?

About 86 kilometers, or 1 hour 11 minutes by car. Autobuses Águila runs an hourly bus from La Paz that takes around 1 hour 35 minutes, according to Rome2Rio.

Is La Pastora in Todos Santos safe for swimming?

No. The La Paz tourism trust's beach guide from February 2026 says it isn't, because of the strong currents.

When can guests see whales from Todos Santos?

Humpbacks from October to April, and gray whales mostly from January to March, Tus Buenas Noticias reported in July 2025.

David Lindholm
Developer · co-founder of Upbridge

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