How Much is the Hotel Tax in Your Town?

Aloha Kakou:

I just had to comment on this Tripso article regarding hotel room taxes.

Most people have no idea of the hotel tax rate in their home town. Consequently, when they travel, they compare the sales tax rate of their home to the hotel tax rate of the place they're visiting. Of course there's no comparison!

Please see the author's comments regarding Hawaii's hotel tax toward the end of the article. He compares the actual dollars of the taxes between Oahu and Maui. Maui will always cost more when you compare this way because Maui hotels have a higher ADR than do hotels on Oahu, even though Oahu has a slightly higher tax rate. Of course, I couldn't resist pointing this out to the author (see my comments at the bottom of the article).

http://www.tripso.com/columns/americas-highest-hotel-room-taxes-who-keeps-the-dough/