Atlanta hotels look affordable until about 17% in taxes and a $5 nightly state fee are added. Aquarium tickets, parking and rideshares across a spread-out city are what most visitors forget.
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Compare hotels in Atlanta →For 3 nights with flights, a hotel and food, plan on about $1,650. Once you add the costs most visitors forget, like hotel taxes, the $5 nightly state fee, Georgia Aquarium tickets and rideshares, it's closer to $2,500. Use the calculator above to change any number to match your trip.
Summer is usually cheapest for hotels. KAYAK's hotel data shows July as the cheapest month for Atlanta hotels and February as the most expensive. Big conventions and game weekends can push rates up any time of year. Source
MARTA trains leave from inside the airport and reach downtown for $2.50 each way. A MARTA day pass is $9. It's usually much cheaper than a rideshare and avoids traffic. Source
Atlanta adds an 8% hotel tax plus sales tax, which comes to about 17% on most of the city. Georgia also charges a flat $5 fee per room, per night. On a $200 room, that's about $39 a night in taxes and fees. Source
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park has no entrance fee. Walking the BeltLine and Piedmont Park costs nothing. Paid stops like the Georgia Aquarium run about $55 to $65 per person. Source