{"id":3921,"date":"2011-01-02T15:53:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T05:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2011-01-02T15:53:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T05:53:08","slug":"europe-travel-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/europe-travel\/europe-travel-updates","title":{"rendered":"Travel Update &#8211; Taxes that May Increase Your Holiday Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Municipality of Rome<\/strong> has introduced a <strong>new room tax<\/strong> that is effective from January 1, 2011.  Visitors to Rome will now have to pay a new tax, which is to be collected by the hotel or property, and which is based on a per person, per night basis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travelsignposts.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Frowny-Face_150.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3924\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 7px;\" title=\"Frowny-Face_150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travelsignposts.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Frowny-Face_150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The charges, <strong>per person per night<\/strong>, are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4* and 5* hotels\t\t\t             &#8211;  \u20ac3<\/li>\n<li>1*, 2* and 3* hotels\t\t\t     &#8211;  \u20ac2<\/li>\n<li>Others (B&amp;Bs, holiday apartments, etc.) &#8211;  \u20ac2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So if you book a 4-star room for two people for 3 nights, your new tax will be \u20ac18.<\/p>\n<p>The tax will apply for the first 10 nights&#8217; stay and does not apply to children under 10 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Travellers should be aware that this is a <strong>government impost<\/strong>, so don&#8217;t take it out on the hoteliers, many of whom are not pleased with the tax.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> U.K.<\/strong> is another destination where a <strong>VAT<\/strong> increase in the New Year will impact on travel costs.\u00a0 The<strong> U.K.  VAT<\/strong> increases from 17.5% to <strong>20%<\/strong> with effect from January 4, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Municipality of Rome has introduced a new room tax that is effective from January 1, 2011. 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