Dear hotel guests,

We would like to inform you that the city of Heidelberg will introduce an overnight stay tax effective October 1, 2025. This municipal levy amounts to €3.50 per overnight stay and per guest. Paid accommodation for children and young people up to the age of 16 is exempt from this tax. Furthermore, the overnight stay tax will be levied for a maximum of five nights for an uninterrupted stay in the same accommodation establishment.

This tax was introduced by a resolution of the Heidelberg City Council on June 5, 2025, and applies to all private and business overnight stays in accommodation establishments within the city limits. It serves to finance municipal tasks related to tourism and the maintenance of public infrastructure shared by visitors to the city. What does this mean specifically for you as an overnight guest in Heidelberg? For each overnight stay from October 1, 2025, an additional amount of €3.50 per night and per person will be charged in addition to the regular overnight rate. We pass these costs directly to the City of Heidelberg at no additional charge. This means:

- we do not earn a cent from this turnover
- the amount is not part of our overnight price, but a mandatory municipal fee
- For us, this new regulation means increased administrative effort, e.g., in billing, documentation, and paying the tax to the city.
- we are legally obliged to collect and pass on this tax to our guests.

Transparency is important to us

We are aware that additional costs can always be annoying for guests – therefore, we also reject the introduction of the overnight tax in substance and have campaigned together with the Hotel and Restaurant Association DEHOGA Baden-Württemberg eV to prevent it, but unfortunately without success…