Hotels & Lodging in Ames, IA (2026)
1 verified hotels & lodging rules for Ames, Iowa, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Transient Occupancy Tax
Ames imposes a hotel and motel tax on transient lodging under Ames Municipal Code Sec. 24.3, set at a base rate of five percent (5%) of gross rental receipts. Sec. 24.4 raises that rate to seven percent (7%) once voters approve the increase in a local election, and the definition sweeps in any place offering paid sleeping accommodations to transient guests, not just traditional hotels.
Ames Hotel and Motel Tax Rate
Some RestrictionsAmes Municipal Code Sec. 24.3; Sec. 24.4
Sec. 24.3. TAX IMPOSED. There shall be imposed hereby a tax at the rate of five percent (5%) upon the gross receipts from the renting of any and all sleeping rooms, apartments, or sleeping quarters in any hotel, motel, inn, public lodging house, rooming house, tourist court, or in any place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to transient guests for rent, whether with or without meals. ...
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