New Rome City Tax on Tourists - Jan 1, 2011
Jan 29, 2017, 5:51 am
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Hotel Indigo added the tax to my bill (just one dinner on the night of arrival, since it was an award stay) and charged my card upon check-out last month.
Apr 11, 2023, 1:40 pm
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Many Airbnb listings state that they will be collecting this tax upon check-in, and they only accept cash. Any recent experiences? Did you have to bring exact change? Could you use a credit card?
Apr 13, 2023, 8:33 am
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larger hotel chain may just absorb this cost as part of the cost to serve/operational cost and/or negotiate nil rate on the portion of the charge processed equivalent to the tax (this would require some semi complex data sharing from the hotel invoicing system).
Apr 13, 2023, 9:02 am
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When I've stayed at Airbnbs I have never met the owners, always got the key from some safe and put it back there when leaving... so not sure how it's meant to work here, would the owner have to show up and collect the cash?
If they are individuals they aren't going to have a card reader, and even if they did they won't want to pay the 3-5% merchant fee on foreign cards when they have to remit the full amount of the tax to the government. If they are going to show up and collect the cash I'm sure they will have a solution for change.
If they are individuals they aren't going to have a card reader, and even if they did they won't want to pay the 3-5% merchant fee on foreign cards when they have to remit the full amount of the tax to the government. If they are going to show up and collect the cash I'm sure they will have a solution for change.
Apr 13, 2023, 2:54 pm
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When I've stayed at Airbnbs I have never met the owners, always got the key from some safe and put it back there when leaving... so not sure how it's meant to work here, would the owner have to show up and collect the cash?
If they are individuals they aren't going to have a card reader, and even if they did they won't want to pay the 3-5% merchant fee on foreign cards when they have to remit the full amount of the tax to the government. If they are going to show up and collect the cash I'm sure they will have a solution for change.
If they are individuals they aren't going to have a card reader, and even if they did they won't want to pay the 3-5% merchant fee on foreign cards when they have to remit the full amount of the tax to the government. If they are going to show up and collect the cash I'm sure they will have a solution for change.
Jun 14, 2023, 6:49 am
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New data point: my Airbnb did not state that, nor was I ever asked to pay for the tax. I withdrew some Euros from an ATM just in case, and fortunately I was able to spend it all before leaving.