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Edinburgh Tourist Tax Calculator
Edinburgh lodging tax calculator — nights × nightly rate × tier multipliers, plus who's exempt and how the United Kingdom regime is collected. Updated for 2026.
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Edinburgh's regime is flat — tiers price identically.
Tourist tax total (5 nights)
$32.50
Source: TripCalc dataset · indicative — updated June 2026 · Methodology
Regime: the UK's first visitor levy — 5% of the accommodation cost for the first five nights of a stay, live for stays from 24 July 2026, collected via accommodation providers.
Basis: charged per room per night. Bookings made on or after 1 October 2025 carry the levy even for future stays; the charge applies to paid overnight accommodation before VAT.
Planning note: Edinburgh's levy went live for stays from 24 July 2026 — 5% of the room cost for the first five nights, the first of its kind in the UK, with Glasgow watching closely. The dated official schedule with sources is tabulated on this page.
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Expect about $6.50 a night per room in Edinburgh: enter nights and hotel tier and the calculator prices the lodging-tax line on your folio before you book. Family of 4, 5 nights = $32.50 — the same as a solo traveler, because Edinburgh taxes the room rather than the guests. That places Edinburgh at #10 of 49 tracked city regimes by nightly tourist tax; the charge arrives as the UK's first visitor levy, itemized on your folio rather than paid at a desk.
Edinburgh charges $6.50 a night: the regime explained
No category multiplier applies — the $6.50 nightly figure holds from hostel to five-star, which quietly favors luxury stays, under the UK's first visitor levy — 5% of the accommodation cost for the first five nights of a stay, live for stays from 24 July 2026, collected via accommodation providers. The per room basis matters for planning: guest count is irrelevant in Edinburgh — one occupant and four pay identically.
Exemptions first: bookings made on or after 1 October 2025 carry the levy even for future stays; the charge applies to paid overnight accommodation before VAT. Edinburgh's levy went live for stays from 24 July 2026 — 5% of the room cost for the first five nights, the first of its kind in the UK, with Glasgow watching closely.
What the Edinburgh tax costs across your stay
| Nights | Stay total (any guest count) | Luxury tier total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6.50 | $6.50 |
| 3 | $19.50 | $19.50 |
| 5 | $32.50 | $32.50 |
| 7 | $32.50 | $32.50 |
| 10 | $32.50 | $32.50 |
| 14 | $32.50 | $32.50 |
Per-room basis: one guest or four, the total is identical — and the flat regime means the luxury column matches mid tier. Local rules cap the levy at 5 consecutive nights — longer stays show the capped total.
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Plan it as a nightly surcharge of $6.50 per room: a week runs $32.50, ten nights $32.50 — the stay-length table below prices every common trip length at once.
2026 rate schedule for Edinburgh (official figures)
| Year | Band | Official amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | All paid overnight accommodation (first 5 nights, stays from 24 Jul 2026) | 5% of the accommodation cost | City of Edinburgh Council |
Official schedule, quoted in local currency. Sources (accessed August 2026): City of Edinburgh Council — https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/business/visitor-levy-edinburgh. Where an official band differs from this page's indicative $6.50 mid-tier band, the schedule is the figure to trust.
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The table below is the audit trail for this page: Edinburgh's official bands, quoted in local currency and linked to the publishing authority, so you can verify the current figure in one click of due diligence.
Where Edinburgh ranks among 49 tracked tourist taxes
Rank check: #10 of 49 tracked city regimes by nightly tourist tax, which is the expensive end of the tracked set, where the tax functions as a second nightly surcharge on top of steep room rates. Whatever the level, expect it to climb — the decade's pattern is annual review and annual increase, and Edinburgh is not exempt from that pressure.
Paying it: the Edinburgh folio, fine print and exemptions
Expect the $6.50 nightly rate to appear on the folio as its own named line at check-out — the property collects, the city receives, and no third party belongs in the transaction. Bookings made on or after 1 October 2025 carry the levy even for future stays; the charge applies to paid overnight accommodation before VAT.
Calculation Formula
Edinburgh total = nights × $6.50 (flat regime — tiers price identically) (per room)How to Use This Calculator
- Set nights (1–30) for your Edinburgh stay.
- Select budget, mid, upscale or luxury tier.
- Read the nightly rate and the stay total.
- Add it to your trip budget — collected at the hotel, not at booking (usually).
Worked Examples
- A 3-night mid-tier stay: 3 × $6.50 = $19.50 per room.
- A week at mid-tier: 7 × $6.50 = $45.50 per room.
- The same week: the flat regime means luxury and budget pay identically at $45.50.
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