Gulf Coast Vacation Rental Chart Pack

Static 2026 research visuals

Four charts for the booking and trip-cost questions people actually ask.

This chart pack gives you clean visuals for Airbnb channel dependence, the 74-day booking window, seasonal ADR spread, and the Bradenton vs Sarasota vs Anna Maria Island cost gap.

The charts are intentionally narrow. The booking visuals come from Seascape's 545 confirmed-booking research set. The trip-cost visual comes from the separate 2026 Gulf Coast vacation cost index.

545 confirmed bookings June 2022-March 2026 Cost index, March 2026 Static SVG charts

Source note: The first three charts cite the Gulf Coast booking trends report. The trip-cost chart cites the Bradenton vs Sarasota vs AMI cost index. Do not treat these visuals as a market-wide fee survey, a forecast, or a quote for a specific stay.

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Airbnb's useful lesson here is scan speed: one visible metric, one source label, and a clear next click. These cards use Seascape source language instead of platform-style badges.

545 bookings 87%

Airbnb channel dependence

Channel mix chart with the source limits visible below the graphic.

View chart Booking timing 74 days

74-day booking window

Booking timing chart with the source limits visible below the graphic.

View chart Seasonal ADR $686

Seasonal ADR spread

Seasonality chart with the source limits visible below the graphic.

View chart Cost index $783

Bradenton vs Sarasota vs AMI trip cost

Trip cost chart with the source limits visible below the graphic.

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Channel mix

Airbnb channel dependence

Nearly nine out of ten confirmed bookings in the Seascape research set came from Airbnb. That makes the channel-mix story easy to cite, but it should stay tied to this portfolio dataset.

Airbnb accounts for 87 percent of analyzed Gulf Coast vacation rental bookings, followed by VRBO and HomeAway at 9.2 percent, direct bookings at 2.8 percent, Booking.com at 1.1 percent, and Google at 0.2 percent.

Source Note

Source: 545 confirmed Gulf Coast bookings from Seascape Vacations, June 2022-March 2026.

Use this as an observed channel-mix chart for the Seascape booking-trends set, not as a claim about every Gulf Coast rental operator.

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Use the hosted SVG with the chart title and source line intact.

<img src="https://seascape-vacations.com/images/research/airbnb-channel-dependence-2026.svg" alt="Airbnb accounts for 87 percent of analyzed Gulf Coast vacation rental bookings, followed by VRBO and HomeAway at 9.2 percent, direct bookings at 2.8 percent, Booking.com at 1.1 percent, and Google at 0.2 percent.">

Booking timing

74-day booking window

The average guest booked 74 days before arrival, while the median sat at 62 days. That makes the practical planning answer simple: start looking about two to three months out.

Average booking lead time is 74 days and median booking lead time is 62 days in the analyzed Gulf Coast booking set.

Source Note

Source: 545 confirmed Gulf Coast bookings from Seascape Vacations, June 2022-March 2026.

Use this for planning-window context. Peak weeks and large homes can still require earlier booking than the average.

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<img src="https://seascape-vacations.com/images/research/booking-window-74-days-2026.svg" alt="Average booking lead time is 74 days and median booking lead time is 62 days in the analyzed Gulf Coast booking set.">

Seasonality

Seasonal ADR spread

Spring and winter sit almost even at the top of the rate curve, while fall drops 27 percent below the spring peak. This is the cleanest visual for flexible travelers.

Average nightly rates are 686 dollars in spring, 680 dollars in winter, 623 dollars in summer, and 499 dollars in fall.

Source Note

Source: 545 confirmed Gulf Coast bookings from Seascape Vacations, June 2022-March 2026.

Use this as seasonal ADR context from collected booking data, not a guarantee that a specific home or date will price this way.

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<img src="https://seascape-vacations.com/images/research/seasonal-adr-spread-2026.svg" alt="Average nightly rates are 686 dollars in spring, 680 dollars in winter, 623 dollars in summer, and 499 dollars in fall.">

Trip cost

Bradenton vs Sarasota vs AMI trip cost

The cost gap is mostly lodging. Bradenton is the lower-cost base, Sarasota lands in the middle, and Anna Maria Island carries the island-scarcity premium.

Average lodging rates used in the cost index are 248 dollars in Bradenton, 340 dollars in Sarasota, and 783 dollars on Anna Maria Island.

Source Note

Source: Seascape Vacations 2026 Gulf Coast vacation cost index.

Use this as a planning comparison for the cost-index inputs, not as a live quote or full-market lodging average.

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Use the hosted SVG with the chart title and source line intact.

<img src="https://seascape-vacations.com/images/research/bradenton-sarasota-ami-trip-cost-2026.svg" alt="Average lodging rates used in the cost index are 248 dollars in Bradenton, 340 dollars in Sarasota, and 783 dollars on Anna Maria Island.">

Citation Guidance

Cite the chart and the source page together.

Recommended attribution: "Chart by Seascape Vacations, based on its 2026 Gulf Coast vacation rental research."

For booking-channel, booking-window, or seasonal-rate charts, link to the booking trends report. For Bradenton, Sarasota, and Anna Maria Island cost comparisons, link to the cost index.