Swiss tourist tax?

It appears to be legit. There's a cantonal tax of CHF 1.00 and a town tax of CHF 4.60--both per person, per night.

[https://grindelwald.swiss/en/summer/planning-and-events/inside/muerren/][1]

Scroll down to the "Visitors Tax" section of the web page.

[1]http://httphttps://grindelwald.swiss/en/summer/planning-and-events/inside/muerren/

This is common in many countries in Europe.

All of our accommodations in Switzerland have levied that same tax. It is legit. You may want to contact Airbnb and suggest they update the apartment listing so that future guests do not have the same issue.

It's usually called a city tax. I had to pay it in both Munich/Berlin hotels.

We had this in Italy. When arriving g at the apartment, they needed our passports for the number. While we used credit cards for most expenses, this is where cash was useful to pay the tax.

I stayed in LA and there were all kinds of city hotel taxes.

The visitor's tax is legit. We were advised by our host in Mürren prior to arrival and paid the tax at the Sportzentrum. Lots of good information there to maximize your experience in the area.

Not only are various visitor/city/tourist taxes legitimate, but most if not all places will want these paid in cash and not via card. This is also legitimate, as they must then pay the tax to the appropriate local authority. If they are paid via credit card then they lose money in the deal as they are paying the credit card company a fee on the full transaction. They are required to pay over the full amount to the taxing authority and cannot deduct their bank charges.

It is legit. We also operate an AirBnB and we just include the tax.

The tax collected is used to finance tourist related infrastructure. If you ever wondered why the trails are all so well signposted? Well, that is one of those things the tax pays for.