Greek Tourism Tax 2018

peachyprice

Kim_kim wrote: »

I bet 5 star are €4. That’s nearly €60 on a two week holiday per person.
Great guess where I’m going in 2018....

It's per room.

peachyprice

Alter_ego wrote: »

Which part of per person don't you understand?

Which part of post #6 did you not understand?

Pollycat

I do think the extract from our booking confirmation is confusing and ambiguous.

It refers to 'individual tourist' but then gives charges 'per room per night'.

Kim_kim

Roger1 wrote: »

No, it's not. It's €56 per room.

And how many of us will really be staying at 5 star hotels in Greece? Not me for a start.

So it’s per room rather than person person? I’ve seen links that say per person.

I’m going 5 star to Greece this year - and I’ve got my own room. But others in the group are sharing.

Pollycat

Kim_kim wrote: »

So it’s per room rather than person person? I’ve seen links that say per person.

I’m going 5 star to Greece this year - and I’ve got my own room. But others in the group are sharing.

I posted the original thread back in November 2017 after our holiday company advised us of the tax.
You can see the exact text they sent us in post #6.
As I said in my post #14, the wording is ambiguous.

I found this link:
https://news.gtp.gr/2016/06/30/greeces-new-hotel-tax-effect-2018/

The new levy — or the so-called “stayover tax” — will be imposed as of January 1, 2018, to hotels and furnished rooms/apartments for rent and calculated based on the number of overnight stays and the category of the accommodation unit, ranging from 50 cents to four euros per room.
One- and two-star hotels will be charged 0.50 euros, three-star hotels 1,50 euros, four-star hotels 3,00 euros and 5-star hotels 4,00 euros.
One- and two-key furnished rooms/apartments will be charged 0.25 euros, three-key furnished rooms/apartments 0.50 euros and four-key furnished rooms/apartments 1,00 euro.

I guess that seems to indicate that it's per room rather than per person but is still not clear.
Maybe the Greek's themselves haven't even decided if it's per room or per person.

PompeyPete

Kim_kim wrote: »

So it’s per room rather than person person? I’ve seen links that say per person.

I’m going 5 star to Greece this year - and I’ve got my own room. But others in the group are sharing.

A Swingers' Party.....and you've been excluded.;)

BorisThomson

Pollycat wrote: »

For us, the 7 euro saving (we stay in apartments, so 50 cents per day for us) would be cutting our nose off to spite our face.
We love Greece, we'll just have one half carafe of wine less per holiday. :rotfl:

^^ Is a sensible response.

You just include it when calculating the total cost of the holiday. If it's a deal breaker, then perhaps you can't afford the holiday in the first place?

PompeyPete

The tax is definitely a tax on property, so it's per room and NOT per person.

Pollycat

BorisThomson wrote: »

^^ Is a sensible response.

You just include it when calculating the total cost of the holiday. If it's a deal breaker, then perhaps you can't afford the holiday in the first place?

We always work on 'total cost of holiday'.
flights, accommodation, transfers, food and drink, cost of getting to departure airport and possibly overnight accommodation.

No point booking a flight from LGW that's £50 cheaper than from MAN if it's going to cost you more in fuel.

No point booking a 'cheap' all Inclusive if the food is so bad (always check the reviews before booking and take them with a pinch of salt) that you have to eat out.
We prefer to choose to eat out at a place of our choice.

We find that a 2 week holiday in Greece can cost as much overall as 3 weeks in the far East or India Ocean.
We budget 100 euros per day in Greece to eat/drink out but only a third of that when we used to holiday in Goa regularly.

sillygoose

Already been warned by our usual aparthotel when we booked that there will be an additional 3 euro per night for our apartment.

Slightly surprised it was classed as 4 star, its very nice but fairly basic, we must be more upmarket that we thought!

37 quid is hardly going to kill me!