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Cheyenne permits STR broadly in nearly all residential (R-1, R-2, R-3, R-MH) and commercial zones with a city business license + life-safety certification. No cap, no primary-residence requirement. The state capital + I-25/I-80 crossroads location supports both leisure and corporate-traveler STR demand. Laramie County (unincorporated areas: Burns, Pine Bluffs, Carpenter) operates parallel registration.
Operators must hold a short-term rental permit before listing. See the official permit portal.
City of Cheyenne Planning & Development handles business licensing for STRs. Laramie County Treasurer collects the 2% county lodging tax. Application requires designated local contact, life-safety self-certification, proof of insurance, and Cheyenne business license. Annual renewal. Enforcement is complaint-driven. Cheyenne Frontier Days (last week of July) is the peak STR demand window — verify any HOA-imposed STR restrictions in master-planned subdivisions before acquisition.
Combined short-term lodging tax in Cheyenne is approximately 6.000% of gross nightly revenue (state sales + state TRT + local TRT + applicable resort/city options).
Wyoming State sales tax 4% + Laramie County lodging tax 2% — combined ~6.0% on transient lodging
Verify the current combined rate via the Utah State Tax Commission before remitting — rates drift quarterly.
STR regulations vary by jurisdiction. Compare Cheyenne against nearby markets.