Southwest Florida Hosts...how are you holding up?

Barry-and-Lera0
Level 10
Sarasota, FL

Southwest Florida Hosts...how are you holding up?

With this red tide bloom we have lost a few reservations for this month and have only 4 days reserved for the entire month of August. That is something that has never happened to us in the almost 4 years of hosting. We are usually never below 20 days booked for a month. Overall Sarasota hotel occupancy is down 75% with the beaches littered with dead fish, horrible smells and brown/red water that is normally a beautiful blue/green.

 

Has anyone else in the area seen the same drop off in bookings because of the red tide?

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Sheryl16
Level 2
Saint Petersburg, FL

We are in st pete beach and have had very few bookings. We have a guest due to arrive in October and he has contacted me today with worry over the red tide