Lake Airbnb Occupancy and Seasonality

[Paul C.]

Hey Guys, I'm working to build an Excel model for a potential STR opportunity. We are specifically looking at lake properties in the southeast more specifically in Georgia(close to Atlanta). Does anyone have any insight into the occupancy rates you are seeing? How big of a difference is their between peek season and off season? How much should I expect revenues to change between seasons?

[Mark Reitman]

Hi @Paul C., AirDNA can give you that info. You can subscribe to your specific area, pull the data and then cancel the subscription if you don't want to keep paying on a monthly basis. It's not perfect, as nothing is, but will be more accurate than any individual's anecdotal experience. This is an example from one market's data pull. There are also rows above with Average Daily Rate and Occupancy for each month, leading to these results...