New Hotel Fee ‘Huge Shock’ for Middle Georgia Hoteliers
Monday, June 29th, 2015
A new fee that will be tacked onto the cost of renting a hotel room in Georgia -- every room, every night -- has hoteliers and visitors bureaus concerned.
Georgia lawmakers added the $5 hotel-motel fee late in the session to a transportation funding measure known as House Bill 170. Gov. Nathan Deal signed it in May, and it becomes effective Wednesday.
