Travel Council

It is the Travel Council’s responsibility to promote and encourage local tourism to help broaden and strengthen the County’s economic base.  The Travel Council seeks to accomplish this through promotion and supporting recreation, tourism, and conventions in a manner that protect the beauty and scenery of our natural environment.  The objectives are to expand our market, enhance our image, change perceived weaknesses into strengths, and increase the revenue received through increased visitation.

The day-to-day functions of the office are activities that include, but are not limited to,  design work for collateral, website development and design, stories written for submission to various media outlets,  promotion of event venues and possibilities, answering of 800-line telephone calls, data processing of requests for information, management of a  local lead program, collection of transient room tax, familiarization with tour planning and execution, advertising of design work and placement, distribution of collateral for the public, management of an events grant program, and other specialty projects when time allows.

The Travel Council Director also represents the Grand County/Moab Area as Vice President of the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition (a statewide tourism advocacy association), as Co-Director of Southern Utah National Parks Advertising Coalition, as Co-Director of the Canyonlands Travel Region, as a Board Member on the local Chamber of Commerce, as a member of the Dinosaur Diamond Byway Organization, as a member of the National Tour Association, and as a member of United States Travel Association.  The Travel Council also manages the contract for the Thompson Welcome Center and provides collateral for that facility as well as the Moab Information Center, visitor centers around the state, the Utah Office of Tourism, AAA offices around the country and other visitor centers outside of the state upon their request. 

Address
84 North 100 East, Moab, UT 84532

Phone
(435) 259-1370

Fax
(435) 259-1376

Office Hours
M-F 8am-5pm

Email
mdelay@discovermoab.com

The Moab Area Travel Council has several of their own websites:

Visitor Information	Event and Facilities Promotion
www.discovermoab.com	www.moabutah.info

TRT Information and Process

1. To set up a Transient Room Tax (TRT) account you must first obtain a business license.  If your business is located in the County you can call the County Clerk at 435-259-1321, if your business is located in the city you can call the City Treasurer at 435-259-5123. 
2. Once you have obtained your business license you can contact our office, the Moab Area Travel Council at 435-259-1370 and we can set you up with a TRT account and get you listed in our brochures (when updated) and website (www.discovermoab.com).
3. Grand County TRT must be sent to Grand County PO Box 640 Moab, Utah 84532.

Some useful links:

Online business registration
https://secure.utah.gov/osbr-user/user/welcome.html

Utah State Tax Commission
www.tax.utah.gov

Transient Room Tax Publication 56
www.tax.utah.gov/forms/pubs/pub-56.pdf

Current Tax Rates
www.tax.utah.gov/sales/rates.html

Property Tax Information

The following tax information is provided for the convenience of Grand County property owners. Please note that Moab Area Travel Council is only responsible for the collection of Transient Room Tax. For questions relating to any of the other taxes, please contact the appropriate agency directly.

Properties located in the County:

4.70% State Sales and Use Tax
1.00% Local Sales and Use Tax
0.25% County Option Tax
3.00% Transient Room Tax (collected by Grand County)

8.95% Total Tax

Properties located in the City:

4.70% State Sales and Use Tax
1.00% Local Sales and Use Tax
0.30% Highways Tax
0.25% County Option Tax
1.10% Resort Community Tax
0.50% add'l Resort Community Tax
3.00% Transient Room Tax (collected by Grand County)
1.00% Municipal Transient Room Tax
0.50% add'l Municipal Transient Room Tax

12.35% Total Tax