Permitted, with conditions
| Application fee one-time | $400.00 |
| STR permit / registration annual | $400.00 |
| Business licence | not verified |
| Inspection | not verified |
| First-year total | $800.00 |
| Permit renewal annual | $250.00 |
| Business licence | not verified |
| Recurring annual | $250.00 |
Combined lodging tax: 15.0% of revenue. Charged on what you earn, so it is not in the totals above.
2 figures are not yet verified against the city (Business licence, Inspection). They are left out of the total rather than counted as zero, so the real first-year cost is higher than shown.
Conditions attached
- Within the Downtown and Victorian districts, new STVRs in residential areas... are subject to a cap of 20% of residential parcels within each ward
- STVRs are limited to the area defined by the STVR Overlay District. Proof of insurance is required. New applicants must notify all of-record real property owners adjacent to the property.
Source: https://www.savannahga.gov/2327/STVR-Regulations
Checked 2026-09-23 · Section 7.5 of the Zoning Ordinance