Vacation rentals in Veracruz, Mexico, a state with a coast and a highland on different calendars and a lodging tax platforms don't fully collect yet

On January 12, 2026, according to El Congresista, the state congress approved an amendment to the financial code so that lodging tax revenue is spent only on tourism public works and promotion, through a trust whose technical committee is chaired by the state executive, with up to 10% for operating costs. It changes where the money goes, and the report says nothing about the rate.

The ISR and IVA that platforms withhold are federal, and they are on the Mexico page.

This is not legal or tax advice, and Upbridge does not file anything for you: no registrations and no tax returns.

The state runs on two calendars. On the coast AirROI sees July as the best month in Boca del Río, in the port of Veracruz, in Tecolutla and in Coatzacoalcos, and February as the worst. In Coatepec, Orizaba and Córdoba the best month is December. If you have houses in both zones, the months for painting, repairs and deep cleaning don't line up, and a cleaner in Xalapa isn't necessarily swamped when the port is full.

Xalapa has 493 listings and 33% occupancy, the highest of the state's ten largest markets, and some of the lowest rates. A house that turns over often and charges little needs many cleanings a month at a low cost each, and coffee, soap and paper run out fast, so inventory control matters more than it does in a high-rate beach house.

If half of hosts don't pay the 2%, as the Xalapa hoteliers say, the state has a reason to go after the ones who don't. Whatever you charge on a direct booking never passes through a platform, so it helps to write down on each booking where it came from, so the person who does your books knows which ones you paid and which were already paid.

With two calendars, the low-season work can be scheduled. A photo checklist can repeat by itself every low-season month, and the cleaner works through it room by room from their phone.

For houses with a lot of turnover, the inventory for each property deducts each product after every stay, and the low-stock alert reaches you in the app, by email and on WhatsApp.

We connect your Guesty, Hostaway, Lodgify or Uplisting calendar, or you import an iCal, and each checkout creates its cleaning task.

If you manage vacation rentals or run a cleaning company in Veracruz, in the port, in the highlands or up the north coast, Upbridge can help with what happens between one booking and the next, from the cleaner's photos to the guide your guest opens on their phone.

What changes your week the most in Veracruz is which city each client is in, because the coast and the highlands fill up in different months. With the cleaning company account you can see the checkouts of a client in Xalapa and one in the port side by side, whatever iCal or PMS each owner uses. The account doesn't change whose client it is, and it takes no share of any cleaning.

Veracruz and Boca del Río

AirROI shows them as the state's two biggest markets, with 649 listings in the port and 648 in Boca del Río, and they share one urban area. The port's page covers Carnaval, the airport, the nortes and the cruise ships coming back.

Xalapa and Coatepec

AirROI counts 493 listings in Xalapa and 156 in Coatepec, where the best month is December rather than July.

Orizaba and Córdoba

Orizaba has 480 listings and Córdoba 106, both with December as their best month.

Tecolutla and Catemaco

Tecolutla has 126 listings with 22% occupancy, the lowest of the ten largest markets, and July as its best month. Catemaco adds 81.

Other states

Puebla, Hidalgo, Oaxaca and Chiapas all border Veracruz.