Tourist tax›United States›checked 24 Oct 2026

Tourist tax in Nashville

This is the tax inside Nashville's own boundary. Neighbouring towns, including the ones near the airport, set their own; it follows where your accommodation is.

Today: one adult, one night
$2.50 per room per night plus 16.75% of the room price per night

Across every type of stay. Your exact stay depends on dates, star rating, children and night limits: the calculator works it out.

The next 12 months
  • $2.50 per room per night plus 16.75% of the room price per night, all year.
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Quick answers

Do children pay the tourist tax in Nashville?

It is charged per room (or as a share of the room price), not per person, so children don't change it.

Do you pay the tourist tax for every night of a long stay in Nashville?

Metro Nashville hotel occupancy tax (7%), Metro Nashville additional occupancy tax ($2.50 per room per night): charged for at most 30 nights per stay.

How do you pay the tourist tax in Nashville?

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Every rate and rule

Tennessee state sales tax on hotel rooms (7%) (Tennessee state sales tax on lodging)

Set by Tennessee Department of Revenue · 1 rate
Note: Tennessee's general sales tax on the room, not a tourist tax, but added on top of the quoted room rate.
Type of stayRate
All types of stay7% of the room price, per night (as the source defines it)

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other

Source: Tenn. Code Ann. 67-6-205(c); Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1320-05-01-.70, checked 24 Oct 2026.

Nashville-Davidson County local sales tax on hotel rooms (2.75%) (Davidson County local option sales tax (incl. 0.5% transit surcharge))

Set by Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (administered by the Tennessee Department of Revenue) · 1 rate
Note: Davidson County's general sales tax on the room, not a tourist tax, but added on top of the quoted room rate.
Type of stayRate
All types of stay2.75% of the room price, per night (as the source defines it)

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other

Source: Tenn. Code Ann. 67-6-702, 67-4-3202, 67-4-3204 (Notice 24-11), checked 24 Oct 2026.

Metro Nashville hotel occupancy tax (7%) (Metro Nashville Hotel Occupancy (Privilege) Tax)

Set by Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Finance, Collections) · 1 rate
Type of stayRate
All types of stay7% of the room price, per night (as the source defines it)

Charged for at most 30 nights per stay. Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Other

Source: Metropolitan Code 5.12 (5.12.020, 5.12.150); BL2022-1529; Tenn. Code Ann. 67-4-1415, checked 24 Oct 2026.

Metro Nashville additional occupancy tax ($2.50 per room per night) (Metro Nashville Additional Occupancy Tax)

Set by Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Finance, Collections) · 1 rate
Type of stayRate
All types of stay$2.50 per room, per night

Charged for at most 30 nights per stay. Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Other

Source: Metropolitan Code 5.12 (Hotel Occupancy Tax return, Section 2), checked 24 Oct 2026.

Checked 24 Oct 2026 · next check due by 22 Jan 2027.