Underwrite Crystal Beach Rental Without a Grand Isle Blend

Aug 27

10 min read

Updated: Aug 30

Elevated beach-house lodging exterior, Crystal Beach

Most Crystal Beach listings get marketed as a generic Gulf of Mexico stay. That pitch could describe a dozen other towns, and it wastes what actually sets Crystal Beach, unincorporated Galveston County, Texas apart. Guests who typed Crystal Beach are looking for Rollover Pass, Fort Travis, Bolivar Flats, the ferry — not Bolivar Peninsula, and not Grand Isle. 131 active listings sit on this extract. Write the town you can actually walk. Keep the listing specific. A vague water caption loses the booking.

Typical listings here earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months through July 2026. The average night was $454. Occupancy was 31.1 percent. Revenue per available night was $152. Year over year is plus 15.7 percent. Active supply moved -16.0 percent. Do not average in Bolivar Peninsula at $35,592 on 986 listings. That is a different town. Leave Grand Isle as a different market. Do not mix those towns. Treat this as a small sample, not a blended coast.

The three strongest months are June, July, and August. June is the busiest. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston, then Dallas. Typical stay is 3.3 nights, booked about 45 days ahead. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape Maura holds still show up in this sample. Confirm the live desk before you advertise.

DSCR on Crystal Beach Forty-Four Thousand

That heading is the useful way to read Crystal Beach, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Rollover Pass. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not write Bolivar Peninsula copy onto a Crystal Beach address. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Who Books a Crystal Beach Rental and Buying a Crystal Beach Rental. Typical listings earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, at $454 a night and 31.1 percent occupancy. June is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 15.7 percent. Supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Rollover Pass. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Do Not Mint a Grand Isle Year for the Note

That heading is the useful way to read Crystal Beach, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Fort Travis. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not write Bolivar Peninsula copy onto a Crystal Beach address. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Buying a Crystal Beach Rental and Crystal Beach Tourism Data. Typical listings earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, at $454 a night and 31.1 percent occupancy. June is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 15.7 percent. Supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Fort Travis. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

City Desks Travel With the Deed

That heading is the useful way to read Crystal Beach, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Bolivar Flats. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not write Bolivar Peninsula copy onto a Crystal Beach address. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Crystal Beach Tourism Data and Complete Visitor's Guide to Crystal Beach, Texas Stay. Typical listings earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, at $454 a night and 31.1 percent occupancy. June is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 15.7 percent. Supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Bolivar Flats. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

131 Cards Is Part of the File

That heading is the useful way to read Crystal Beach, not a dashboard label. Guests come for the ferry. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not write Bolivar Peninsula copy onto a Crystal Beach address. Do not use Grand Isle as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Complete Visitor's Guide to Crystal Beach, Texas Stay and Crystal Beach STR Report 2026. Typical listings earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, at $454 a night and 31.1 percent occupancy. June is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 15.7 percent. Supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the ferry. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Visitor Spend Is Not Debt Service

Read more in Crystal Beach STR Report 2026 and Market a Crystal Beach Stay. Typical listings earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, at $454 a night and 31.1 percent occupancy. June is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Do Not Steal Thirty-Plus as Occupancy

Read more in Market a Crystal Beach Stay and Crystal Beach STR Rules. Typical listings earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, at $454 a night and 31.1 percent occupancy. June is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 15.7 percent. Supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Fort Travis. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Texas DSCR Facts Only

Read more in Crystal Beach STR Rules and Crystal Beach Shoulder. Typical listings earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, at $454 a night and 31.1 percent occupancy. June is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 15.7 percent. Supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Bolivar Flats. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

What a Lender Packet Should Carry

Read more in Crystal Beach Shoulder and Crystal Beach Remote Stays. Typical listings earned about $44,416 last year from 131 active rentals, at $454 a night and 31.1 percent occupancy. June is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Houston. Call Texas Comptroller hotel tax at 800-252-1385. Unincorporated Galveston County. No city STR registration. Texas 6% HOT. Galveston city $250 / 409-247-8160 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 15.7 percent. Supply moved -16.0 percent. Keep Grand Isle ($34,708 a year) on its own line. A 42.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the ferry. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a typical Crystal Beach STR year on this data set?

AirROI's trailing twelve months through July 2026 show about $44,416 in revenue across 131 active Crystal Beach listings, updated August 2026. The average night was $454, with occupancy at 31.1 percent and revenue per available night around $152. Revenue moved up about 15.7 percent year over year, while active supply contracted about 16 percent — this is a small sample, so treat the figure as directional.

Can Bolivar Peninsula or Grand Isle revenue figures be averaged into Crystal Beach's year?

No. Bolivar Peninsula's listings reported about $35,592 across 986 properties, and Grand Isle's reported about $34,708 across 101 properties — both separate markets with their own demand patterns. Blending those numbers into Crystal Beach's $44,416 average would misrepresent what a host here can expect. Keep each town's figures on its own line.

Which months are strongest for Crystal Beach bookings?

June, July, and August are the three strongest months, with June the busiest of the year. January is the slowest. With occupancy at 31.1 percent for the full year, shoulder-season marketing carries real weight for hosts trying to close the gap.

Where do most Crystal Beach guests come from, and how far ahead do they book?

Houston is the top origin market, followed by Dallas. The typical stay runs 3.3 nights, booked roughly 45 days in advance. About 62.6 percent of active hosts hold Superhost status.

Does AirROI's "low-regulation" label mean Crystal Beach has no tax obligations?

No — that label reflects a data scrape, not a legal review. Crystal Beach is unincorporated Galveston County, so there's no city-level STR registration, but the Texas 6 percent hotel occupancy tax still applies; contact the Texas Comptroller at 800-252-1385 to confirm current requirements. Note that nearby Galveston is a separate municipality with its own $250 city registration fee (409-247-8160) that does not apply to unincorporated Crystal Beach.

Is a 30-night minimum-stay rule the same thing as occupancy?

No. About 42.7 percent of active Crystal Beach listings (56 of 131) use a 30-night minimum-stay requirement — that's a booking policy, not a measure of how full a calendar runs. The typical stay length here is 3.3 nights, and the two figures shouldn't be conflated when reading a listing's performance.

What should a buyer or lender packet cite for Crystal Beach?

Cite the $44,416 revenue figure from 131 listings, the June-July-August peak months, January as the slow month, Houston as the lead origin market, the 3.3-night average stay, and the roughly 45-day booking lead time. Confirm current hotel tax obligations directly with the Texas Comptroller at 800-252-1385, and keep Bolivar Peninsula's and Grand Isle's figures out of a Crystal Beach-specific packet.

Is Grand Isle the same market as Crystal Beach?

No. Grand Isle is a separate market with its own AirROI figures — about $34,708 across 101 listings — and its own demand pattern. Crystal Beach's number is $44,416 across 131 listings, with January as its slowest month. Confirm any tax or revenue claim with the town it actually describes before including it in Crystal Beach marketing material.

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