Hotels & Lodging in New Orleans, LA (2026)
1 verified hotels & lodging rules for New Orleans, Louisiana, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Transient Occupancy Tax
New Orleans imposes a hotel occupancy privilege tax on every occupied guest room within the city, collected by the hotel operator and remitted to the Department of Finance. Sec. 150-1002 sets a flat per-room, per-24-hour rate that scales with a hotel's total guest room capacity: $1.00 at hotels with 300 or more rooms, $0.50 at smaller properties, due when the guest pays.
New Orleans Hotel Occupancy Privilege Tax
Some RestrictionsNew Orleans Code of Ordinances § 150-1002
There is hereby levied a tax upon persons for the privilege of occupying hotel rooms within the parish which shall be known as the hotel occupancy privilege tax. The tax shall only be due by the person or persons who pay for the room and shall be levied on the basis of hotel guest room capacity, in accordance with the following schedule and in accordance with the following rates: Hotel Guest Ro...