Now that the summer tourists have gone home, Airbnb has released its data on the number of rentals it booked this summer for the South Fork—and it’s a fair amount.
Nearly 15,000 Airbnb guests arrived in the Hamptons between Memorial Day and Labor Day to experience the beaches, cultural institutions and fine dining. That’s about 5,000 more than the region saw last year during the same period.
Nearly half—7,000—of the guests who booked through Airbnb were from New York City. But Airbnb guests traveled to the South Fork from 47 countries, 43 states and 961 different cities.
The hot event this summer that brought 240,000 visitors to the South Fork was the U.S. Open golf tournament at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton in June. Airbnb reported that 830 guests—nearly twice the number seen in June 2017—booked a stay through its service. The guests mostly booked an entire house or apartment, but 20 percent claimed an individual room.
This summer, nearly 540 hosts welcomed guests, which was 80 more than last summer. Airbnb said 31 percent of hosts welcomed guests for the first time, 22 percent were seniors and 62 percent were women.
The typical Hamptons host raked in about $11,374 this summer, or about $900 more than last summer, according to Airbnb, which said that Hamptons Airbnb hosts made $8.6 million altogether between May 25 and September 3.
JD Allen on Sep 17, 2018