Columbia Tourism Data: the State House Is the Walk, Not Occupancy

Thomas Garner
15 hours ago
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Empty covered porch of a Columbia bungalow, no people

The State House is visitor demand. Williams-Brice is landscape. Headcount is not the year. Typical Columbia listings earned about $21,121 last year from 873 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months from August 2025 through July 2026. The average night was $199. Occupancy was 40.9 percent. Revenue per available night was $79. Year over year is minus 3.5 percent. Active supply moved plus 14.4 percent.

The three strongest city months are October, March, and August. October is the busiest. July is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Columbia, then Atlanta. Stay is 6 nights, booked about 44 days ahead. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line.

The State House Is Demand, Not Occupancy

The State House is visitor demand. Headcount is not occupancy. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Market a Columbia Stay is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit.

Williams-Brice Is Landscape, Not Occupancy

Call City of Columbia Code Enforcement at 803-545-3430. 920 Hemlock Drive. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year permit per owner-occupied unit, plus a business license. The city lifted a moratorium on new STR permits on March 3, 2026. Confirm 2026 dollars and the arterial-street rule for non-owner-occupied parcels. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. Columbia STR Rules is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file.

Fort Jackson Is Visitor Traffic, Not This ADR

October, March, and August are the strong city months. July is the slowest. Occupancy is weakest in July. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Who Books Columbia is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay.

Five Points Is Demand, Not Occupancy

Stay is 6 nights. Lead is 44 days. Origin is Columbia, then Atlanta. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. Buying a Columbia Rental is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit.

Keep Visitor Dollars Off the Host Extract

Professionally managed share is 7.9 percent. Vanessa holds 14. Superhost share is 58.0 percent. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Complete Visitor's Guide to Columbia on the Cong is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay.

Lake Murray Is a Different Hall

245 listings, 28.1 percent, set a 30-night minimum. That setting is not occupancy. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. Lake Murray is not Five Points. What It Costs to Start a Legal Columbia STR Stay is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay.

Aiken Has a Different Calendar

Keep Lake Murray, Aiken, and Camden on their own lines. Do not invent a satellite AirROI year. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. We market. We do not take the lock. Financing a Columbia Rental Without a Lake Murra is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay.

How a Host Should Read Tourism Copy

We market. We do not take the lock. Write this heading as the stay a host can actually file. A listing scrape is not the town file. Columbia vs Lake Murray Desks is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit. Lake Murray is not Five Points. We market. We do not take the lock. A listing scrape is not the town file. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit.

Hosts who underwrite the Midlands should keep $21,121 on 873 city listings, call 803-545-3430, and leave each satellite on its own line. We market. We do not take the lock. Write the city or the satellite the guest typed. Keep $21,121 on 873 city listings on its own line. October is the city peak. July is the city hole. Call 803-545-3430 before you advertise a Columbia stay. The city's STR page lists a $100 a year owner-occupied permit.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much did typical Columbia listings earn last year?

Typical Columbia listings earned about $21,121 last year from 873 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months from August 2025 through July 2026. The average night was $199. Occupancy was 40.9 percent. Revenue per available night was $79. Year over year is minus 3.5 percent. Active supply moved plus 14.4 percent. Keep Lake Murray on its own line.

When is Columbia's strongest month?

October is the busiest. March and August are the other strong months. July is the slowest. Occupancy is weakest in July.

Do I need a Columbia SC STR permit in 2026?

Is a 30-night minimum the same as occupancy?

No. 245 listings, 28.1 percent of 873 active rentals, set a 30-night minimum. Stay is still 6 nights. Lead is 44 days.

Should I hire a manager in Columbia and on Lake Murray?

Professionally managed share in Columbia is 7.9 percent. Vanessa holds 14. This hub's research puts Lake Murray near 12 percent professionally managed. Do not buy one pitch for both.

Who books a Columbia stay?

Most guests arrive from Columbia, then Atlanta. Stay is 6 nights. Lead is 44 days. State House, Williams-Brice, and Fort Jackson are city products. A Murray dock weekend is a lake product.

Can I file Lake Murray as the Columbia year?

No. Columbia's average night was $199 on 873 listings. Keep $21,121 on its own line. This pass did not mint a Lake Murray AirROI year.

What should a buyer packet carry?

Cite $21,121 on 873 city listings. Note supply plus 14.4 percent and year over year minus 3.5 percent. Call 803-545-3430.

Where do I confirm the city desk?

How should a host split city and lake copy?

File two products. Columbia is the State House and Williams-Brice. Lake Murray is a dock. Keep those files apart.

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