STR / Airbnb In Vermont - Is There Year Round Viability?

[Lucas Bernard]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Had some downtime between food and football today and wanted to ask some burning questions. Does anyone have experience with running a short term rental in northern New England? Preferably something along the lines of a cabin. I'm specifically looking around Killington / Chittenden area of Vermont, as I feel like that's a sought after spot.

I'm curious as to how the vacancy fluctuates between the four seasons. Obviously winter is a big month, but I feel like I run into a lot of people around Boston who take trips up north during the summer and fall. Is there a big drop off?... Or not as much as you'd expect?

Any insight or thoughts on what else I should be considering would be much appreciated, and be yet another thing to be thankful for this holiday :)

Lucas

[Lucas Bernard]

Quote from @Michael Baum:

Hey @Lucas Bernard happy Thanksgiving to you as well!

I have no experience in that area, but you can bet that spring will be the slow time there.

Summer will be good, winter as well. Fall will bring the leaf folks so stays should be pretty solid.

Have you done a search on VRBO and AirBNB in the area to get a gander at other rentals in that area? What is their occupancy like?

Here are the regs on STR in Killington - https://www.killingtontown.com/?SEC=94EB1515-E187-49C1-A7B2-...

You have to make sure the STR rules in the area you are looking are either non-existant or common sense.

Thanks for that info Michael! When I went around the site it looked like occupancy was pretty high, considering it's close to peak season. Seems like you're right that spring is by far the quietest.