City dwellers are fleeing high-risk Coronavirus zones and booking long-term stays in remote rural hideaways, according to property management company Guesty, which manages rental property listings on Airbnb, VRBO, and other services.
Some areas in upstate New York are seeing double the occupancy rates of last year.
Reservations on Airbnb, VRBO, and other short-term rental services like Booking.com are down overall, but they’re not down equally in all locations says Omer Rabin, a director at Guesty.