Guides

Hosting in Florida

The rules for ticketed dinners and other micro hospitality in Florida, city by city. Checked Sep 2026. Not legal advice.

Cottage food in Florida: the checklist

What cottage food covers in Florida, whether sales are capped, and why a ticketed micro hospitality dinner needs a different route. Checked Sep 2026.

Orlando

For chefs and mixologists

What a chef or mixologist needs before selling micro hospitality experiences in Orlando, FL: routes, fees, drink rules and who to call (DBPR).

For venue hosts

What a venue host in Orlando, FL should check before opening a space to micro hospitality pop-ups: licences, drink rules, insurance and who to call (DBPR).

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St. Petersburg

For chefs and mixologists

What a chef or mixologist needs before selling micro hospitality experiences in St. Petersburg, FL: routes, fees, drink rules and who to call (DBPR).

For venue hosts

What a venue host in St. Petersburg, FL should check before opening a space to micro hospitality pop-ups: licences, drinks, insurance (DBPR).

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Tampa

For chefs and mixologists

What a chef or mixologist needs before selling micro hospitality experiences in Tampa, FL: routes, fees, drink rules and who to call (DBPR).

For venue hosts

What a venue host in Tampa, FL should check before opening a space to micro hospitality pop-ups: licences, drink rules, insurance and who to call (DBPR).

See Tampa on Tenseats