The visitor levy, worked out properly.
Visitor Levy App turns your bookings into an accurate Scottish Visitor Levy return — every exemption, night cap and VAT step shown in plain English, ready for the council.
Free for one property, forever. No card needed.
Edinburgh rate
5%
of net accommodation, live from 24 July 2026
Night cap
5 nights
consecutive nights charged per stay
Guest data stored
None
bookings are calculated in your browser
Four steps to a filed quarter
You don't need to understand the legislation. You need to get the number right — and be able to show your working if anyone asks.
Add your property
Tell us the council area and whether you're VAT registered. We load that council's rate, caps and start date for you.
Bring in your bookings
Upload a spreadsheet from Airbnb, Booking.com or your PMS — or type stays in one by one. We map the columns for you.
See every calculation
Each booking shows its full working: what's excluded, night caps, exemptions and VAT, in the correct legal order.
File with confidence
Download a council-ready return as PDF, CSV or Excel, then lock the quarter for your own audit record.
The fiddly bits, handled
These are the details that trip people up — and the ones an audit looks at first. There's a full walkthrough in the Edinburgh levy explainer.
- Cleaning, meals, parking and other extras stripped out before the levy is applied
- VAT handled in the correct sequence for VAT-registered and non-registered businesses
- Stays capped at the council's maximum chargeable nights
- Bookings made before the scheme start date treated as exempt
- Rate outliers, duplicates and transition-straddling stays flagged before you file
- Filed quarters locked as your own reference record
Built for how you let
Airbnb & short-let hosts
You already juggle a short-term let licence, platform payouts and self-assessment. The visitor levy …
Read moreHotels & guesthouses
Room rates that include breakfast, VAT-registered pricing and a PMS export that wasn't designed for …
Read moreHostels
High volume, low nightly rates and bed-by-bed occupancy. A percentage levy on hundreds of small book…
Read moreLetting agents
You manage properties for owners who remain legally liable. You need per-client figures, per-client …
Read moreYour guests' data never reaches us
Booking files are parsed and calculated inside your browser. Only the quarter totals you confirm are saved to your account — there is no bookings table on our servers, and no way to upload exemption evidence.
How that works- No guest names or stay details stored server-side
- No special-category data collected, ever
- Account data hosted in the EU, encrypted in transit
- Row-level access control enforced in the database
Simple pricing
Your own properties
From £5/mo
£6 per property, £5 above ten. Quarterly and annual discounts.
For properties you own or operate yourself.
See full pricingAgent
From £29/mo
£4 per unit under management, with per-client grouping and export.
For managing properties on behalf of other owners.
See full pricingHotels, B&Bs, and hostels are priced per room or bed — see full pricing for exact rates.
Visitor Levy App helps you calculate, check and record your visitor levy. It does not file on your behalf. The property owner or operator remains legally responsible for the accuracy of the figures and for submitting the return on time. Always check the figures against your own records before you file.