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Hotels & Lodging in Richmond, VA (2026)

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

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Transient Occupancy Tax

Richmond levies an 8 percent transient lodging tax on the room charge for any hotel, motel, inn, rooming house or short-term rental stay under 90 consecutive days. Accommodations providers and booking platforms must collect and remit it monthly.

Richmond Transient Lodging Tax Rate

Some Restrictions

Richmond City Code § 26-725

In addition to all other taxes of every kind now or hereafter imposed by law, there is hereby imposed and levied, for the purpose of funding the general operation of the city government, a tax equivalent to eight percent of the total room charge paid by the transient for the use or possession of a room or space occupied for lodging by or for any such transient to any accommodations.