Hotels & Lodging in Washington, DC (2026)
2 verified hotels & lodging rules for Washington, District of Columbia, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Transient Occupancy Tax
Washington, D.C. imposes a 10.05% sales tax on hotel and lodging charges paid by transient guests, plus a separate 4.45% tax that funds the convention center, for a combined 14.5% rate.
Washington DC Hotel Occupancy Tax Rate
Some RestrictionsD.C. Code § 47-2002(2)(A)
(2) (A) The rate of tax shall be 10.05% of the gross receipts from the sale of or charges for any room or rooms, lodgings, or accommodations furnished to a transient by any hotel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients;
Hotel Worker Retention
When a hotel or building-service contract changes hands in D.C., the incoming contractor must keep qualifying food-service, janitorial, health-care-support and security workers on the job for a 90-day transition period under D.C. Code § 32-102. Coverage reaches hotel food service staff by name.
Washington DC Displaced Worker Retention Law
Some RestrictionsD.C. Code § 32-102(b), (e)
(b) A new contractor who is awarded a contract to provide similar covered services provided by the previous contractor shall retain, for a 90-day transition employment period, covered employees who have been employed by the previous contractor for the preceding 8 months or longer at the site or sites covered by the contract. ... (e) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the new ...