Hostfully Hosting Climate Index
March 2026 Edition
Updated Mar 15, 2026
Hosting Climate Index

The weather report for your vacation rental business

March 2026 Edition

We crunch seven real-time data signals (Hostfully booking data, TSA traffic, Google search trends, gas prices, lodging costs, consumer sentiment, and national weather) into one monthly score so you can spot what's coming before your competitors do. See how we calculate it ↓

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Getaway Score
⛅ Partly Cloudy
+15.1 MoM +10.3 YoY
📊 The Six Signals That Drive the Score
✈️ TSA Throughput
80
🔍 Search Trends
52
⛽ Gas Prices
21
💰 Lodging CPI
80
😊 Sentiment
12
🌤️ Weather
45
Strongest: TSA (80) Weakest: Sentiment (12)
📈 Getaway Score: 17-Month Trend
☀️ Top 3 Sunniest Markets
1
Orlando, FL
78% occupancy, spring break capital
74.2 +18.3
2
Miami, FL
72% occupancy, Art Basel afterglow
71.8 +16.5
3
Scottsdale, AZ
74% occupancy, peak snowbird season
69.5 +14.2
⛈️ Bottom 3 Stormiest Markets
1
Detroit, MI
38% occupancy, tourism demand minimal
24.3 +4.1
2
Minneapolis, MN
41% occupancy, still feels like January
26.8 +5.3
3
Cleveland, OH
36% occupancy, lake-effect chill persists
28.1 +3.8
🗺️ Regional Ranking by Score
Southeast
58.0
Mountain
56.4
West
51.0
Northeast
49.4
Midwest
47.3
Data from Hostfully, TSA, Google Trends, EIA, FRED, NOAA · Powered by Hostfully
Mar 2026: Getaway Score 53.7 ⛅ TSA screening: 2.78M daily travelers Gas: $3.70/gal (up 15.6% from Feb) All-time high: Jul 2023 at 77.0 ☀️ Consumer sentiment at 12-month low (54.5) Southeast leads all regions at 58.0 Spring break travel is surging 📈 Lodging CPI: 191.5 (pricing power strong) Mountain region rebounds to 56.4 Score up +15.1 points month over month
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Getaway Score
Partly Cloudy ⛅
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Daily TSA Passengers
+18.7% vs Feb
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Avg Gas Price / Gallon
+$0.50 vs Feb
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Lodging CPI
+1.7 from Feb
Regional Breakdown

Where the Sun Is Shining

Hover each region to see its Getaway Score, condition, and which states are included.

Southeast
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⛅ Partly Cloudy
Mountain
0
⛅ Partly Cloudy
West
0
⛅ Partly Cloudy
Northeast
0
☁️ Cloudy
Midwest
0
☁️ Cloudy
City Leaderboard

The City-Level Picture

Which markets are hot, which are not, and who moved the most this month.

☀️ Where the Sun Shines Brightest

The five highest-scoring cities this month

⛈️ Storm Watch

The five markets still weathering the chill

🚀 Movers and Shakers

The biggest monthly swings, up and down

Component Analysis

What's Driving the Forecast

Six data signals combine to produce the Getaway Score. Here's how each one is trending.

TSA Throughput
Temperature: Demand Heat
80/100
2.78M daily passengers screened. Spring break is firing on all cylinders.
Google Trends
Sunshine: Search Optimism
52/100
Search interest for vacation rentals is building but hasn't hit summer peaks yet.
Gas Prices
Wind Speed: Travel Friction
21/100
$3.70/gal and climbing. The biggest headwind in this month's reading.
CPI Lodging
Barometric Pressure: Pricing Power
80/100
Lodging prices are elevated at 191.5. You've got room to hold rates.
Consumer Sentiment
Humidity: Spending Willingness
12/100
At 54.5, sentiment hit a 12-month low. Guests are traveling, but watching every dollar.
Actual Weather
Actual Weather: Travel Conditions
45/100
March is transitional. Warm markets are picking up while ski season winds down.
Historical Performance

36-Month Forecast History

The Getaway Score from January 2023 to March 2026. Summers shine, winters test resilience.

Key Takeaways

This Month, In a Nutshell

The headline insights from this month's index, ready to share.

✈️

Spring break is here and TSA lines prove it: 2.78 million passengers screened daily. Your calendar should look like airport security right now.

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Gas hit $3.70/gallon and climbing. For drive-to destinations, that's a headwind. For fly-to markets? Your guests already bought the ticket.

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Consumer sentiment just hit a 12-month low (54.5). Translation: guests are still traveling, but they're watching every dollar. Your value proposition matters more than ever.

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🌴

The Southeast leads all regions at 58.0. Florida, the Carolinas, and Tennessee are where the weather, demand, and pricing all align right now.

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Methodology

How We Build the Forecast

Transparent, reproducible, and built on real data you can trust.

Data Signal What It Measures Source
Hostfully Data Booking volume, occupancy rates, and ADR trends across Hostfully-managed properties Hostfully
TSA Throughput Daily airport passengers (travel demand) TSA
Google Trends Search interest for vacation rentals, Airbnb, beach house Google Trends
Gas Prices Average U.S. gas price per gallon (travel friction) EIA
CPI Lodging Lodging price index (pricing power) FRED
Consumer Sentiment University of Michigan index (spending willingness) FRED
Weather National weather favorability for travel NOAA

Conditions: 0-30 = Stormy ⛈️ | 30-50 = Cloudy ☁️ | 50-65 = Partly Cloudy ⛅ | 65-80 = Partly Sunny 🌤️ | 80-100 = Sunny ☀️

The Hostfully Hosting Climate Index uses publicly available data plus proprietary Hostfully platform insights so you get the full picture.