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Hotels & Lodging in Medford, MA (2026)

1 verified hotels & lodging rules for Medford, Massachusetts, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Transient Occupancy Tax

Every operator of a bed and breakfast, hotel, lodginghouse or motel in the City of Medford must collect a local room occupancy excise of four percent on the total rent charged for each guest's stay. Medford adopted the tax by ordinance in 1997 under state authority letting municipalities impose a local option excise on transient lodging, stacking it on top of the state's own room occupancy tax.

Medford's 4% Local Hotel Occupancy Tax

Some Restrictions

Medford Revised Ordinances § 14-481

The city imposes a local excise tax upon the transfer of occupancy of any room in a bed and breakfast establishment, hotel, lodginghouse or motel located in the city by any operator at the rate of four percent of the total amount of rent for each such occupancy.