Hotels & Lodging in Colorado (2026)
15 rules on the books across Colorado, 15 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Transient Occupancy Tax
Local hotel and short-term-rental occupancy taxes, who must collect them, remittance schedules, and use of the revenue for tourism, transportation, or housing.
Arvada
Some RestrictionsArvada charges a 2 percent lodging tax on every hotel, motel, or short-term stay under City Code Sec. 98-244, on top of…
Read full rule →Aurora
Some RestrictionsAurora, Colorado charges an 8% lodger's tax on hotel, motel, and short-term lodging purchases, collected by the vendor…
Read full rule →Boulder
Some RestrictionsBoulder charges a 7.5% excise tax on every lodging stay, collected by the hotel, motel, or short-term rental operator…
Read full rule →Colorado Springs
Some RestrictionsColorado Springs collects a City Lodgers and Automobile Rental Tax of 2% on the purchase price of lodging and…
Read full rule →Denver
Some RestrictionsDenver charges a 10.75% lodger's tax on hotel, motel, and short-term lodging stays, collected by the vendor from every…
Read full rule →Fort Collins
Some RestrictionsFort Collins levies a 3% excise lodging tax on any lodging accommodation rented for less than 30 consecutive days, on…
Read full rule →Greeley
Some RestrictionsGreeley charges a 3% lodger's tax on the purchase price of lodging within city limits, collected by every vendor…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsLakewood, Colorado levies a 3% excise tax on Lodging Services under its Accommodations Tax Code, collected by every…
Read full rule →Littleton
Some RestrictionsLittleton levies a 5% lodger's tax on hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts and short-term rentals under Section…
Read full rule →Longmont
Some RestrictionsLongmont levies a 2% lodgers tax on hotel and motel rooms and other short-term lodging, on top of the city's regular…
Read full rule →Loveland
Some RestrictionsLoveland charges a 3% excise tax on the lodging price of every hotel, motel or short-term rental stay booked in the…
Read full rule →Manitou Springs
Some RestrictionsManitou Springs levies a 2% lodging and camping tax on hotel, motel, guest house and campground stays under Municipal…
Read full rule →Pueblo
Some RestrictionsPueblo taxes hotel, motel, and short-term lodging stays at 4.3% of the room charge under the city's Lodger's Tax…
Read full rule →Thornton
Some RestrictionsThornton levies a 7% excise tax on the price paid for hotel rooms, guesthouses, mobile homes, autocamps and other…
Read full rule →Westminster
Some RestrictionsWestminster charges a 7% excise tax on the purchase price of hotel, motel, and short-term rental rooms. The vendor…
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