This ought to draw in all those illusive tourism dollars...
more tax....yes indeed...good thinking...

Oh Yea, I am sure that the hotel and motel owners will be more than happy to collect and administer yet another tax. For sure. Here is a better idea; Increase or improve the rate of transfer taxes from the provincial and federal governments to directly benefit municipalities, and earmark those monies for tourism.
metalman.

What a bunch of freakin BONEHEADS.
Just in spite, if this goes through I will never spend another night in a PG hotel. Spread the word.
Greed has permeated IPG, sickening!

PG Hotel tax is paid by out-of-towners not PG residents. PG residents pay hotel tax when they stay at out-of-town hotels.

The tax money spent by visitors goes back to those communities to feed their media through advertising. We get to keep the bulk of the remainder of the money to pay hotel staff, local maintenance, and city taxes.

PG has been idiotic in not collecting this tax that PG residents have been paying elsewhere for decades while travelling. PG people should not be THAT nice.

Exactly Gus. People should not be getting their undies in a bunch over this. They've been paying it everywhere else, PG is just doing the same thing that other communities have been doing for a long time.

I'd rather see this money go to promoting tourism rather than having it come out of resident's pockets.

You know just because it is done elsewhere doesn't mean it must be done everywhere.
This is another TAX.
Do you enjoy paying tax?

I'll tent it first...
may take a few hours to get up off the ground...
but refuse to be held hostage to more taxes.

We may have been paying the municipal room tax in other jurisdictions, but that does not mean we have to like the fact that PG is going play copy cat. When I stay in a place that has a third or fourth level of tax tacked on to the bill, I assure you that I am not overjoyed, and the extra cost offers an incentive to leave town, not to stay a while and spend money around town.
metalman.

Businesses pay all sorts of membership dues, special levies, property taxes and on and on it goes. They do not show those payments in their invoices or prices of their goods and services. You just pay them every time you do business with them. Stop buying stuff, living places, and earning money and you can stop paying taxes and other costs of doing business in this world.

Just a suggestion from one free enterpriser to another.

CEO needs a raise or more money to pay his/her salary.
Bring in new taxes or increase existing taxes to pay for it.
BS.

Do we have tourists in PG? All I ever see are RV's parked in the Wal Mart lot (for free!) waiting for sunrise so they can keep moving on.

Gus, Gus, Gus, what rock did you just crawl out from underneath!! In the past I travelled extensively for my employment, and I never took a second look at the hotel/motel bill, because I was reimbursed for it! When I travel in the future, I will "PAY" attention!! Those that tax me in this form, will only do it twice, the first time and the last time!!

Like BCRacer, I will tent it!! I'm looking to purchase a nice tent trailer to tow behind my Harley. They can take their tax and shove it where the sun don't shine!!

My God, when are we going to stand up, and say we have had enough!!! Tax is about the rich getting richer, while you and I pay the bill for it, as you and I continue to struggle. It is time for a tax revolt. Our governments, at all levels, are seriously out of control with their spending!! Will this new hotel/motel tax go to fixing potholes?? I think not! It will, most likely, help fund more trips abroad for our local politicians!! What a load of @#$* !!!

TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX

Are you sick of seeing it?? Well maybe when you get sick of paying it, you will do something about it!! Public disobedience would be a good start!! We did it in the early 80's here in British Columbia!! Did it make a difference??? It did at the time, but we didn't stay on them (politicians)!! Let's do it again.

Have a great tax full day

zoopdingle, I have seen them parking on city property for free ask well...often!

If we put a hotel tax on to pay for tourism promotion does that mean that the city taxpayers won't have to py IPG as much to do the same? Ya, Ya, I dream in tecnicolour too>

so why do the people who stay in hotels bare the brunt of this tax do not tourists ALSO eat /buy gas/shop at wal mart i think there are only a small number of cities that are allowed to charge the extra tax ie WHISTLER NELSON VALEMOUNT this proposed tax is in addition to the room tax we already pay in every place in bc

At least this is a tax we don't need to support. Don't rent rooms. Wish i could do the same with the gas taxes and income taxes

More tax more tax tax tax tax. Taxed to death in B.C.

Wow. Kindred spirits. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, kinda.
metalman.