Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-3 (File No. 333-173468) and Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-163638 and 333-186324) of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust of our reports dated February 20, 2014, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, which reports appear in the December 31, 2013 annual report on Form 10-K of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.

/s/ KPMG LLP

McLean, Virginia

February 20, 2014