Traveling is a huge part of life. Whether you’re traveling for pleasure, family, business, or something else, there is a lot to travel and how you get around. Travel taxes are something you’ll have to worry about no matter where you go. Different cities have different travel taxes, some better than others.
Among the nation’s top 50 destinations, when not counting sales taxes, Portland, Oregon ranked the worst when it came to the of taxes paid for a car rental, hotel room, and restaurant meal, according to a new report from the Global Business Travel Association. A visitor there paid $22.86 a day in travel-related taxes. Portland was followed by Boston, where travelers paid $19.34 a day; and Indianapolis, where those travel-related taxes totaled $18.10.
To get a better understanding of which cities have the best and worst travel taxes, we have listed them out below for you to reference. Hopefully this will allow you to plan accordingly when traveling to these cities.
*This list includes the combined rates on lodging, rental cars and meals (by airport vicinity), according to Global Business Travel Association.
Highest Combined Travel Taxes
- Portland
- Boston
- Indianapolis
- Minneapolis
- Chicago
- New York City
- Washington, DC
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Milwaukee
Lowest Combined Travel Taxes
- Burbank, California
- Orange County, California
- St. Louis
- Ontario, California
- San Francisco
- San Diego
- tie Tampa
- tie Fort Lauderdale
- tie Fort Myers, Florida
- tie West Palm Beach
Article Sources: USA Today | Global Business Travel Association