Travellers maneuver Canada Street’s sidewalks in the village of Lake George on the Fourth of July weekend. Warren County hotel and motel occupancy was down about 29% in 2020 about the past 12 months.
QUEENSBURY — Warren County resort and motel occupancy was down about 29% in 2020 over the previous calendar year, which pleased county officials who experienced braced for a greater drop in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our objective was not to exceed a 50% decrease for the entire year,” claimed county Tourism Director Joanne Conley at Monday’s assembly of the county’s Tourism and Occupancy Tax Coordination Committee.
Details from STR, formerly Smith Travel Investigate, a firm that presents sector info on the lodge marketplace, demonstrates that 737,789 rooms ended up rented in 2020 in comparison with 1,034,734 in 2019.
The late summertime and early drop seasons were stronger than expected, according to Conley. She claimed August room rentals ended up down 17% from 2019. They were being down 10% for September and 12% for Oct.
The typical day-to-day home rate was virtually $158, which was essentially a 3.2% maximize.
“People were being coming, and they have been willing to devote a few excess dollars to pay a visit to us this summer time,” she claimed.
In addition, Conley stated there has been a 50% enhance in shorter-time period rentals. There have been 100,058 rooms rented by way of web sites these types of as Airnbnb, HomeAway and VRBO in comparison with 66,642 in 2019.
Conley reported Warren County had these success when expending $500,000 on promoting, which is 50 percent of what it put in the past calendar year.