Local taxes in the UK

To help fund and support public events, ‘city tax’ – also known as tourist tax in the UK – has been introduced in some major UK cities. This includes the City Visitor Charge in Manchester, the ABID Charge in Liverpool and the Visitor Levy in Edinburgh.

Payable by both leisure and business guests, city tax will be included in the prices shown throughout your booking journey. After booking, it will appear as a separate item on your invoice.

Manchester

City Visitor Charge: £1 + 20% VAT per room, per night.* 

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Liverpool

ABID Charge: £2 + 20% VAT per room, per night.*

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Edinburgh

Visitor Levy: From 24th July 2026, a charge of 5% of the net accommodation cost will apply for the first five consecutive nights of your stay.*

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Some cities have exemptions in place – to find out more, please visit the local authority website.

Some cities and municipalities in Germany levy a local tax ("City Tax") on overnight stays. The name of the city taxes varies from city to city.

Other designations:

• Übernachtungsteuer
• Beherbergungsteuer
• Tourismusbeitrag
• Kultur- und Tourismustaxe
• Kulturförderabgabe
• Infrastrukturförderabgabe
• Kurbeitrag

As a hotel operator, we are obliged by the cities to collect city tax from the guests and to pay it in full to the respective city.

Payable by both leisure and business guests, city tax will be included in the prices shown throughout your booking journey. After booking, it will appear as a separate item on your invoice.

Berlin

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Braunschweig

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Bremen

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Bremerhaven

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Cologne

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Darmstadt

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Dresden

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Dusseldorf

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Erlangen

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Essen

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Frankfurt

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Freiburg

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Goettingen

‣ From 01.01.2027, the city tax will be due for all travellers.

Halle

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Hamburg

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Hannover

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Heidelberg

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Heilbronn

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Karlsruhe

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Koblenz

‣ From 01.01.2027, the city tax will be due for all travelers.

Konstanz

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Leipzig

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Lindau

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Luebeck

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Mannheim

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Munich

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Nuremberg

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Passau

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Regensburg

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Rosenheim

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Rostock

‣ City tax is payable by leisure travellers.

Saarbruecken

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Stuttgart

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Wiesbaden

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Wolfsburg

‣ Currently no city tax for guests.

Wuppertal

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.

Vienna

‣ City tax is payable by all travellers.