Travelers get a break when they go to Florida.
A new study finds that three Florida cities tied for the lowest travel taxes in the country.
That’s Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers to be exact.
Traveling in those cities will cost a traveler $22.21 a day in combined taxes.
That’s compared to Chicago where it will cost you more than $40 bucks a day.
Joseph Bates works for the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association.
“These are cities that are attracting a large number of leisure travelers and I think they are a bit more concerned and aware of the impact that travel taxes have on attracting people to their city,” Bates said. “So, I think that the main underlying cause of those lower tax burden.”
Bates says historically leisure travelers watch their pocketbooks more than say, a business traveler.
But Bates says that’s not necessarily true anymore. These days, companies are taking a closer look at employee travel costs.