Hotels & Lodging in Virginia (2026)
21 rules on the books across Virginia, 21 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.
Albemarle County
Some RestrictionsAlbemarle County charges a nine percent transient occupancy tax on hotel, motel, boarding house, campground, and…
Read full rule →Alexandria
Some RestrictionsAlexandria charges every hotel guest and short-term rental guest 6.5% of the room rental plus a flat $1.25-per-night…
Read full rule →Arlington County
Some RestrictionsArlington County levies a 5.25% transient occupancy tax on every transient's total room charge under County Code…
Read full rule →Chesapeake
Some RestrictionsChesapeake taxes every hotel stay at 8% of the room charge plus a flat $2 per night, and the code's definition of…
Read full rule →Chesterfield County
Some RestrictionsChesterfield County imposes an 8 percent lodging tax on every hotel, motel, tourist home, camping ground, and rooming…
Read full rule →Frederick County
Some RestrictionsFrederick County levies a 6% transient occupancy tax on every accommodation rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days…
Read full rule →Hampton
Some RestrictionsHampton charges every hotel, motel, tourist home, and rooming house in the city an 8% tax on lodging charges plus a…
Read full rule →Hanover County
Some RestrictionsHanover County collects an 8 percent transient occupancy tax, 2 percent under Sec. 22-109 plus a 6 percent additional…
Read full rule →Loudoun County
Some RestrictionsLoudoun County levies a 5% transient occupancy tax on the room charge paid by any transient who stays 29 consecutive…
Read full rule →Lynchburg
Some RestrictionsLynchburg taxes hotel and short-term lodging stays at 6.5 percent of the room charge plus a flat $1.00 per room per…
Read full rule →Montgomery County
Some RestrictionsMontgomery County levies a 3 percent transient occupancy tax on hotels, motels, boardinghouses, travel campgrounds and…
Read full rule →Newport News
Some RestrictionsNewport News taxes hotel and short-term lodging stays at 8% of the total room charge, plus a flat $1 per night charge…
Read full rule →Norfolk
Some RestrictionsNorfolk taxes every transient staying at a hotel or short-term rental unit under City Code § 24-234: 8 percent of the…
Read full rule →Portsmouth
Some RestrictionsPortsmouth taxes every transient's lodging bill at 8 percent of the total charge plus a flat $3.00 per room per night…
Read full rule →Prince William County
Some RestrictionsPrince William County imposes a 5 percent transient occupancy tax on every hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, and…
Read full rule →Richmond
Some RestrictionsRichmond levies an 8 percent transient lodging tax on the room charge for any hotel, motel, inn, rooming house or…
Read full rule →Roanoke
Some RestrictionsRoanoke levies an 8 percent transient occupancy tax on the total room charge paid by any guest who rents a hotel…
Read full rule →Roanoke County
Some RestrictionsRoanoke County levies a seven percent transient occupancy tax on hotel and travel-campground rent under County Code…
Read full rule →Spotsylvania County
Some RestrictionsSpotsylvania County levies a nine percent transient occupancy tax on every hotel, motel, boardinghouse and travel…
Read full rule →Stafford County
Some RestrictionsStafford County levies an 11 percent transient occupancy tax on room rental at hotels, motels, inns and other lodging…
Read full rule →Virginia Beach
Some RestrictionsVirginia Beach charges an 8% transient occupancy tax plus a $2 nightly flat fee on hotel, motel, and short-term rental…
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