Hotels & Lodging in Sunnyvale, CA (2026)
1 verified hotels & lodging rules for Sunnyvale, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Transient Occupancy Tax
Sunnyvale charges a 12.5% transient occupancy tax on rent for any hotel, motel, or other structure rented for lodging under 30 consecutive days, a rate unchanged since January 1, 2019 under Chapter 3.16. Operators collect the tax from guests and remit it monthly to the city's director of finance, the tax administrator.
Sunnyvale Transient Occupancy Tax Rate
Some RestrictionsSunnyvale, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 3.16.030, 3.16.040 (Definitions; Imposition—Rate—Payment), Chapter 3.16 Transient Occupancy Tax
"Hotel" means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house trailer at a fixed location, ...
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