United States short-term rentals, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
These are market numbers, not ours: the average across the PriceLabs comp sets of the United States listings we price (up to 366 in a month), each month set against the same month a year earlier. A comp set is the group of competing listings a property is priced against, so this is what operators across the market saw.
| Month | Market occupancy (last year → this) | Market nightly rate, USD (last year → this) | Market RevPAR vs last year | Booking window | Average stay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 62% → 61% | $246 → $240 | −5% | 36 days | 3.5 nights |
| Nov 2025 | 56% → 56% | $234 → $235 | −2% | 32 days | 3.7 nights |
| Dec 2025 | 56% → 54% | $266 → $264 | −3% | 30 days | 3.9 nights |
| Jan 2026 | 52% → 56% | $236 → $236 | +6% | 23 days | 4.1 nights |
| Feb 2026 | 59% → 61% | $242 → $252 | +7% | 24 days | 4.0 nights |
| Mar 2026 | 67% → 66% | $257 → $268 | +4% | 29 days | 3.7 nights |
| Apr 2026 | 63% → 61% | $288 → $296 | +0% | 34 days | 3.7 nights |
| May 2026 | 63% → 62% | $307 → $305 | +1% | 36 days | 3.6 nights |
| Jun 2026 | 66% → 65% | $313 → $354 | +12% | 42 days | 3.8 nights |
| Jul 2026 | 69% → 67% | $326 → $346 | +5% | 39 days | 3.9 nights |
| Aug 2026 | 66% → 60% | $303 → $297 | −6% | 36 days | 3.8 nights |
| Sep 2026 | 56% → 58% | $280 → $292 | +10% | 36 days | 3.8 nights |
Source: PriceLabs comp-set data for RevOpt-managed United States listings, Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Booking window and average stay are this year's market averages. Months still being booked are not shown.
Areas in this data: minneapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Phoenix, phoenix, milwaukee, Hollywood, hollywood.
What moves revenue in United States.
1. Every city has its own calendar
Phoenix and Scottsdale peak in winter and spring, the Midwest in summer, South Florida in winter. A national seasonality curve fits none of them, so base prices and minimum stays need setting city by city (see the city table).
2. Rate, not occupancy, is where most portfolios leak
US market occupancy ran 54–67% through 2026. Many operators already run full calendars; the gap is usually nightly rate on the dates that would have sold anyway.
3. Events and conventions are planned months ahead
Festivals, conventions, college sports and concerts are on the calendar long before guests book. Pricing those dates early, and holding, captures the premium.
4. Pace decides the month
The market's average booking window ran 23–42 days. Weekly pace checks against forecast catch slow weeks while there is still time to fill them.
What the wider United States market says.
PriceLabs comp sets show the listings ours compete with directly. Airbtics tracks every active short-term rental in each market, so it's a useful cross-check on the whole picture: median occupancy and nightly rate for Sep 2025–Aug 2026 against the twelve months before, and the change in the number of active listings.
| Market | Median occupancy (prior 12 mo → last 12 mo) | Median nightly rate, USD | Active listings, year on year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 68% → 65% | $163 → $200 (+22%) | +3% |
| Minneapolis | 68% → 62% | $150 → $163 (+9%) | +8% |
| Phoenix | 69% → 62% | $173 → $200 (+16%) | +5% |
| Dallas | 63% → 54% | $151 → $182 (+20%) | +20% |
| Miami | 75% → 67% | $185 → $231 (+25%) | +26% |
| Atlanta (1–2 bed) | 62% → 55% | $150 → $185 (+23%) | +6% |
Source: Airbtics market data (Sep 2025–Aug 2026; averages of monthly medians; nightly rates in USD as Airbtics reports them). More supply (red) means more competition.
+23% on the same listings, against a market at +2%.
Every United States listing we manage that was live in both periods, April–September 2026 against 2025, set against each listing's own market. Percentages only; client names are withheld. How we measure results →
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