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Short-term rental rules in Ludlow, VT
How Ludlow regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here are subject to registration, a lodging tax, or a small number of operating rules.
- Town-levied 1% Local Option Rooms Tax reaches STR stays, effective July 2025
- No STR-specific licensing/registration/permit process in force (2025 proposed STR registry/permit ordinance was not enacted)
- No zoning-based supply device
Based on: No in-force STR-specific ordinance; Town of Ludlow 1% Local Option Tax on Meals, Rooms, and Alcoholic Beverages
Summary of the rule
Ludlow has a 1% Local Option Tax on Meals, Rooms, and Alcoholic Beverages effective July 2025 (bringing rooms tax rate to 10%, alcohol to 11%), in addition to the 1% Local Option Sales Tax effective July 2025 (bringing sales tax to 7%).
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