I was wondering if many people have heard of this change? Minor, but it will add up to 10 euro a day or so to your stay. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01/04/italy.tourist.tax/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23626 posts
No, but not surprising given the general economies of these countries. But most US cities do the same thing with hotel, rental taxes, etc. We were just in Germany over Christmas. The BBC and European CNN were carrying several stories about increases in VAT tax especially in England.
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
Chicago has a hotel tax rate of 15.4%, so the Italians are just playing catch up.
Posted by
Cesena, Italy
791 posts
Remember seeing a post on this from a few weeks ago. Whattya gonna do?
Posted by
Forest Grove, OR
11780 posts
Hopefully they will use this tax to preserve the monuments and ancient sites! I learned while in Rome that in all of Italy only the Vatican Museums and the Last Supper actually make money. The rest are state subsidized and this the maintenance problems.
Posted by
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
1127 posts
The actual tax is 2-3 euro per person per night. View the details on the official Rome tourism website: http://en.turismoroma.it/oggi_a_roma/ultime_notizie/contributo_di_soggiorno_a_roma Most US cities have steep hotel taxes. The Rome city tax will just cut in to our gelato budget, but I'm willing to bet we will find a way to make up for it!
Posted by
Texan in CA
4415 posts
I'm just gonna stay with Ron and Anthony ;-)