Tourist tax›United States›checked 5 Nov 2026
Tourist tax in Virginia Beach
This is the tax inside Virginia Beach's own boundary. Neighbouring towns, including the ones near the airport, set their own; it follows where your accommodation is.
Across every type of stay. Your exact stay depends on dates, star rating, children and night limits: the calculator works it out.
- $2.00 per room per night plus 15% to 16.5% of the room price per night, all year.
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Quick answers
Do children pay the tourist tax in Virginia Beach?
It is charged per room (or as a share of the room price), not per person, so children don't change it.
How do you pay the tourist tax in Virginia Beach?
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Every rate and rule
Virginia sales tax on hotel rooms, Hampton Roads rate (6%) (Virginia retail sales and use tax (Hampton Roads rate) on accommodations)
Set by Virginia Department of Taxation · 1 rate
Virginia sales tax on hotel rooms, Hampton Roads rate (6%) (Virginia retail sales and use tax (Hampton Roads rate) on accommodations)
Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).
| Type of stay | Rate |
|---|---|
| All types of stay | 6% |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Source: Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax, as described by Virginia Tax (statute not read), checked 5 Nov 2026.
Hampton Roads regional transient occupancy tax (1%) (Transportation district transient occupancy tax (Hampton Roads))
Set by Commonwealth of Virginia (Hampton Roads transportation district; collected by the City Treasurer) · 1 rate
Hampton Roads regional transient occupancy tax (1%) (Transportation district transient occupancy tax (Hampton Roads))
Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).
| Type of stay | Rate |
|---|---|
| All types of stay | 1% |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Who pays less or nothing
- Other: 90
Source: Code of Virginia 58.1-1743(B) (Acts 2020, cc. 1230, 1241, 1275, 1281), checked 5 Nov 2026.
Virginia Beach city lodging tax (8%; 9.5% in Sandbridge) (Transient Occupancy (Lodging) Tax, City of Virginia Beach)
Set by City of Virginia Beach (Commissioner of the Revenue; paid to the City Treasurer) · 2 rates
Virginia Beach city lodging tax (8%; 9.5% in Sandbridge) (Transient Occupancy (Lodging) Tax, City of Virginia Beach)
Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).
| Type of stay | Area | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| All types of stay | Virginia beach outside the sandbridge special service district | 8% |
| All types of stay | Sandbridge special service district | 9.5% |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Who pays less or nothing
- Other: 90
Source: City of Virginia Beach lodging tax (City Code not read), under Code of Virginia transient occupancy tax powers, checked 5 Nov 2026.
Virginia Beach flat lodging tax ($2 per room per night) (Flat room tax ($2.00 per night), City of Virginia Beach)
Set by City of Virginia Beach (Commissioner of the Revenue; paid to the City Treasurer) · 1 rate
Virginia Beach flat lodging tax ($2 per room per night) (Flat room tax ($2.00 per night), City of Virginia Beach)
Rates per room, per night.
| Type of stay | Rate |
|---|---|
| All types of stay | $2.00 |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Who pays less or nothing
- Other: 90
Source: City of Virginia Beach lodging tax (City Code not read), checked 5 Nov 2026.
Checked 5 Nov 2026 · next check due by 3 Feb 2027.