Airbnb market analysis

[Dayanis Acosta]

Hi everyone. I’m looking to invest in a property and looking on Airbnb to see nightly stay and occupancy data for nearby properties and I’m confused about one thing. There don’t appear to be any open calendar days available for booking for the next 12 months. I find it hard to believe that every single day is booked for the next year. Could these dates be greyed out for any other reason other than it already being booked? For example, does an owner have to somehow open the month to allow booking far out and dates are grey/unavailable simply because it’s too far out and not opened up for booking yet? 

[Luis Olivier]

There could be many reasons that the months are greyed out. Sometimes the owners live in their house most of the year and only Airbnb part of the year or when they go on vacation. Other times they may have 30+ night stays. It is hard to tell but it is not likely that all of the ones you looked at are fully booked. Unless FSU football is that big of a deal in Tallahassee :) Feel free to contact me with any questions, I am an agent in Florida who specializes in short-term rentals!