Lubbock ranked #8 journey locations for Fall

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – As Labor Day approaches and marks the transition out of summer season, Airbnb shared its high trending US cities for vacationers, based mostly on most nights booked, and Lubbock ranked #8 in journey locations this fall. As faculty soccer season kicks off, Lubbock Airbnb Hosts are making ready to welcome followers again for giant occasions, like Texas Tech Soccer.

Airbnb Host, Lashell Beadle, has excessive hopes for a profitable season as Texas Tech Soccer returns.

“The following few months are predicted to be actually excessive simply due to issues like soccer and basketball, and Texas Tech beginning again up with college,” Beadle says. “And so we’re hoping that we’ll keep fairly booked the subsequent few months as properly.”

She has been an Airbnb Host for nearly two years.

“At any time when we began on Airbnb, we thought Texas Tech would deliver nearly all of company in,” Beadle mentioned. “However we’ve been actually stunned, we’ve gotten folks touring by means of for actually any motive, lots of people will come by means of and so they’ll simply keep one evening touring to love Colorado, or in the event that they’re driving all the way down to Austin they’re sort of in these areas simply to interrupt up their journey. After which the hospitals really usher in fairly just a few folks additionally.”

Together with medical professionals, many college students from all around the world keep in Beadle’s Airbnb too.

“However then we additionally get numerous college students, proper now we’re internet hosting a pupil from Africa that’s really coming in to check for a graduate program,” Beadle mentioned, “So we actually get a little bit little bit of every little thing, which is superior.”

For the previous couple of months, Beadle’s two Airbnb properties have been booked nearly each evening.

“So our occupancy charge for each of our listings is anyplace from 80% to 100%. So we’re booked a minimum of 20 days out of the month, normally extra the previous few months, we’ve been booked nearly daily of the month, which has been superior,” Beadle mentioned.

Beadle mentioned she and her husband are excited to host Lubbock vacationers this fall.

“We’ve had numerous enjoyable internet hosting on Airbnb and assembly folks from all around the state, nation, and even the world,” Beadle mentioned. “So yeah, we’re actually comfortable to be Airbnb hosts. And hopefully, we’ll have some good bookings within the subsequent few months developing.”

Haven Thorn is the Communications Supervisor for North America Airbnb, he mentioned high trending cities are based mostly on what number of nights are booked.

“We checked out all of the completely different locations throughout the US. And Lubbock ranked high 10 For many nights booked for all company which can be touring domestically this fall,” Thorn mentioned, “So not essentially prolonged keep journeys, however you realize, giant quantities of individuals coming into Lubbock due to you realize the return of massive occasions and so they wish to see their favourite faculty soccer crew once more this fall.”

Whereas many are visiting for Texas Tech Soccer, they’re additionally offering alternatives for native companies.

“The financial alternative to earn is fairly vital for native hosts and native small companies throughout these extremely trafficked thrilling soccer video games, however persons are simply tremendous excited to go to their favourite cities throughout the US, together with Lubbock,” Thorn mentioned.

There’s nonetheless a requirement for Lubbock Airbnb Hosts this Fall. For details about internet hosting ideas and necessities go to the Airbnb web site right here.

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