Overview
- VAT on hotels, holiday homes and glamping jumps from 9% to 21% today, while camping with your own tent or caravan keeps the lower rate.
- The government expects roughly €1.5 billion a year from the VAT change, and some providers are unbundling extras like breakfast to temper visible price rises.
- The minimum hourly wage increases to €14.71, linked benefits are indexed, and about 9.5 million pensions move into the new pension system.
- Childcare subsidies now cover 96% of costs for joint incomes up to about €56,413, and the maximum rent cap for qualifying for housing allowance is abolished.
- Fuel excises rise by 5.6 cents per liter for petrol, 3.6 cents for diesel and 1.3 cents for LPG, with sector voices warning of demand shifting to lower‑VAT stays in Germany (7%) and Belgium (6%).