Tourist tax rate Stirling

Stirling Council covers the historic city of Stirling and a long stretch of countryside running west into the Trossachs. The castle, the Wallace Monument and much of the eastern side of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park all sit inside the council area.

Is Stirling introducing a tourist tax?

Yes, and the decision is made. Stirling Council approved a Visitor Levy on 11 December 2025, set at 3% year round on all paid overnight visitor accommodation in the council area. It applies to stays on or after 14 June 2027, and to bookings made from 1 January 2027, so the levy has to be in your prices six months before the first liable night. At 3% Stirling is the lowest levy agreed in Scotland so far, down from the 5% in the draft scheme.

Three exemptions are specific to Stirling, all handled by reimbursement rather than at the point of sale: residents of the council area, guests in receipt of carers' allowance, and visitors staying more than seven nights. Providers may keep 3% of what they collect to cover collection costs, the highest share offered by any Scottish council so far. Stirling joins Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and West Dunbartonshire under the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024.

Trippz: the authority on tourist tax

Tourist tax is set locally and rates change without warning. Trippz tracks every change and keeps the data current, which is why travel platforms and property software, including Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia, rely on Trippz to calculate tourist tax and register guests in every market they serve.

How Trippz stays current

Trippz checks tax rules jurisdiction by jurisdiction against official municipal and national sources. When a rate or rule changes, the update happens automatically rather than on a periodic review cycle. This is the same monitoring that travel platforms and software vendors depend on to stay accurate everywhere they operate.

One tax engine, every market

Send a location, get the applicable rate, instantly and correctly calculated. Travel platforms and property software embed this calculation directly into their own product, so every booking is taxed correctly without building or maintaining a rate engine in house. It is the same logic behind every rate on this page.

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Frequently asked questions about the use of Trippz

• How can platforms and software vendors use Trippz?

  Trippz provides tourist tax content and a ready made calculation engine through one API. Platforms and software vendors add accurate tax calculation to their product without maintaining a rate database in house. Guest registration and authority connections are available as a separate capability for those who need it.

• How does Trippz keep tourist tax rates current?

  Trippz checks the jurisdictions it covers against official sources and updates rates automatically when a city or country changes them.

  
  

• Which countries and cities does Trippz cover?

  Trippz maintains tourist tax data across a wide range of countries and cities. See the full overview in our tourist tax guides.

• Is Trippz's data and infrastructure secure?

  Yes. Trippz is SOC1 Type 2 and SOC2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant, so platforms and software vendors can embed tourist tax calculation without adding security or compliance risk of their own.

• Who uses Trippz for tourist tax?

  Trippz provides tourist tax data and calculation to travel platforms and property software across Europe, including Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia. The same infrastructure that powers stays booked through the biggest platforms in travel is available to any platform or software vendor through the API.