Liverpool: Accommodation BID visitor charge
£2 per room per night at larger hotels, since 1 June 2025.
- Status
- In force
- Current rates since
- 1 June 2025
- Nights charged
- Every night (no cap)
- Children
- No age exemption
- Currency
- GBP
How the Liverpool tax works
Liverpool's visitor charge works like Manchester's: the city's larger hotels voted in a ballot in April 2025 to add £2 per occupied room per night to guests' bills, from 1 June 2025, to fund the Accommodation BID's marketing and events.
It is separate from the wider Liverpool City Region, whose mayor has welcomed the new powers for England's mayors to set a percentage visitor levy, which he says could raise up to £18 million a year. No such levy has been proposed yet.
Rates
| Where you stay | Tax |
|---|---|
| Hotel or serviced accommodation in the BID area (rateable value £45,000+) | £2 per room per night |
Worked example
Example: Two adults share one city-centre hotel room in Liverpool for 3 nights.
Hotel or serviced accommodation in the BID area (rateable value £45,000+): £2 per room per night. £6 in tax.
Who is exempt
- Hotels and serviced accommodation with a rateable value under £45,000, and places outside the BID area, do not charge it.
- There is no age exemption: it is charged per room.
Who collects it
Your hotel adds it to the final bill and passes it to the Liverpool Accommodation BID, run by the Liverpool BID Company.
Not yet confirmed
We couldn't confirm these from an official source, so treat them with care:
- Whether VAT is added to the £2.
Work out your Liverpool tax
Sources
Checked on 28 September 2026. Rates change, often at the start of a year or a season: check the official source before you pay or file a return.
- Liverpool City Council: result of the Accommodation BID ballot on a visitor charge (official)
- Liverpool BID Company: Liverpool ABID charge
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