Virginia county rules
Page County, VA vacation rental rules and taxes
Page County, the cabin country around Luray next to Shenandoah National Park, allows short-term tourist rentals by right with a county review, a life safety inspection, and a property management plan. The county is weighing a special use permit for most rentals. Stays pay 5.3% sales tax plus a 10% county lodging tax, one of the highest in the state.
Checked against official sources November 7, 2026What to do
Register for the lodging tax
Ask the Commissioner of the Revenue for a Lodging Tax Registration form. If guests pay you directly, file the 10% tax every month by the 20th. Airbnb and other platforms file for their bookings.Source
Then your town or area
Towns have their own zoning and some levy their own lodging tax. The county’s rules apply outside town limits. Pick your area.
Towns
Luray
Luray treats short-term rentals as “lodging houses”: allowed by right in the B-1 business district and by special use permit from Town Council in R-3 and M-1. The application needs a site plan and floor plan, and rentals are limited to three bedrooms with off-street parking. Stays pay 5.3% sales tax plus Luray’s 6% lodging tax.
Full guideUnincorporated Page County
Outside Luray, Shenandoah, and Stanley, Page County allows short-term tourist rentals by right with restrictions: a $50 county review, a $40.80 life safety inspection, Health Department and VDOT approval, and a property management plan with local contacts. Stays pay 5.3% sales tax plus a 10% lodging tax.
Sources
- Meals & Transient Lodging Tax · Page County Commissioner of the Revenue
- Virginia Airbnb market data (active listings) · AirROI
- Retail Sales and Use Tax · Virginia Tax
- Board of Supervisors agenda packet, March 10, 2026 (STR Steering Committee findings) · Page County
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