Market a Scranton Stay: Photograph City Hall by Name 2026

Jacob Mishalanie
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Empty Scranton City Hall exterior, no people

Name downtown, Steamtown, or Linden Street. A generic Pennsylvania caption loses the booking. Photograph the walk you can actually finish. AirROI's current Scranton extract, August 2025 through July 2026, pins typical listings at about $14,656 a year on 85 active rentals. The average night was $155. Occupancy was 37.9 percent. Revenue per available night was $54. Year over year is minus 11.4 percent. Active supply moved plus 34.9 percent. Call Scranton Rental Licensing at 570-348-4193 ext. 4555. Robin Selemba, Rental Registration Manager. Email rselemba@scrantonpa.gov. 340 N. Washington Avenue. The Rental Ordinance of 2022 requires a Rental License on every rental property. Official city page: apply by September 15. Beginning in 2024, license renewal applications must be submitted March 15 annually. New rental units must be licensed within 30 days of tenancy. Fees: $45 per unit for 1 to 3 units; $150 flat for 4 to 9; $250 flat for 10 to 19; $350 flat for 20 to 49; $450 flat for 50 or more. Immediate-family-occupied units are exempt from fees but still require a license. Inspections run on a three-year cycle. The first re-inspection is free. Portal slate.tolemi.com. e-check has no fee. Card is 3 percent. Renting an unlicensed unit is a violation as of September 16, 2023. Foreclosed, vacant, lis pendens, and deed-in-lieu properties must register. Pennsylvania hotel occupancy tax is 6 percent. Lackawanna County hotel tax is 7 percent. Confirm remaining Pennsylvania Department of Revenue collection. Confirm 2026. AirROI's low-regulation scrape is not the license file.

Name Downtown or Steamtown, Not Generic Pennsylvania

Name downtown, Steamtown, or Linden Street. Guests who typed Scranton want City Hall or the roundhouse. A generic Pennsylvania caption loses the booking. Scranton STR Rules is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it for the related stay, not as a blended year.

Photograph the Walk You Can Finish

Photograph the walk you can actually finish from this driveway. Do not promise Steamtown if the walk is a highway. Scranton PA Shoulder is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it for the related stay, not as a blended year.

Parade Weeks Need Honest Parking

Parade weeks need honest parking. Confirm 2026 hours. Do not invent a headcount. Scranton Remote Stays is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it for the related stay, not as a blended year.

Do Not Promise a 30-Night Filter as a Filled Month

19 listings already set a 30-night minimum. That setting is not occupancy. Do not write a filled month. DIY vs Hire in Scranton is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it for the related stay, not as a blended year.

Do Not Paste Wilkes-Barre Onto This Tile

Do not paste Wilkes-Barre copy on a downtown listing. That guest books Wilkes-Barre. Who Books Scranton is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it for the related stay, not as a blended year.

August Is the Month to Protect

August is the month to protect. July is slow on this extract. Occupancy is weakest in July. Buying a Scranton Rental is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it for the related stay, not as a blended year.

Write the Desk the Parcel Actually Has

Call Scranton Rental Licensing at 570-348-4193 ext. 4555. Robin Selemba, Rental Registration Manager. Email rselemba@scrantonpa.gov. 340 N. Washington Avenue. The Rental Ordinance of 2022 requires a Rental License on every rental property. Official city page: apply by September 15. Beginning in 2024, license renewal applications must be submitted March 15 annually. New rental units must be licensed within 30 days of tenancy. Fees: $45 per unit for 1 to 3 units; $150 flat for 4 to 9; $250 flat for 10 to 19; $350 flat for 20 to 49; $450 flat for 50 or more. Immediate-family-occupied units are exempt from fees but still require a license. Inspections run on a three-year cycle. The first re-inspection is free. Portal slate.tolemi.com. e-check has no fee. Card is 3 percent. Renting an unlicensed unit is a violation as of September 16, 2023. Foreclosed, vacant, lis pendens, and deed-in-lieu properties must register. Pennsylvania hotel occupancy tax is 6 percent. Lackawanna County hotel tax is 7 percent. Confirm remaining Pennsylvania Department of Revenue collection. Confirm 2026. AirROI's low-regulation scrape is not the license file. Scranton Tourism Data is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it for the related stay, not as a blended year.

How a Host Should Recut This Tile

How a host should recut this tile is to name the neighborhood, the walk, and the month. Keep Wilkes-Barre off the title. Complete Visitor's Guide to Scranton on the Lack is already live on Crest and Cove. Use it for the related stay, not as a blended year.

Hosts who underwrite Lackawanna River stays should keep $14,656 on 85 city listings, call 570-348-4193 ext. 4555, and leave Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg on their own lines. We market. We do not take the lock.

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I photograph a Scranton stay?

Name downtown, Steamtown, or Linden Street rather than a generic Electric City caption, and photograph the walk your guest can actually finish from this driveway. Don't paste Wilkes-Barre copy onto a Scranton listing; the two towns draw different guests. August is the month to protect in both the photos and the calendar, and any 2026 licensing question belongs at the hall this parcel actually falls under.

When is Scranton's strongest month?

August is the busiest revenue month on the current extract, with June and May the other strong months, and July the slowest. An older brief named January as a slow month instead; file both figures rather than picking one, and protect the named peak while pricing the named hole honestly. Don't treat a satellite town's calendar as if it were Scranton's own.

Do I need a Scranton rental license in 2026?

Call Scranton Rental Licensing at 570-348-4193 ext. 4555, Robin Selemba, Rental Registration Manager, at 340 N. Washington Avenue or rselemba@scrantonpa.gov. The Rental Ordinance of 2022 requires a Rental License on every rental property; apply by September 15, and starting in 2024 renewal applications are due March 15 annually. New rental units must be licensed within 30 days of tenancy. Fees run $45 per unit for one to three units, up to $450 flat for 50 or more.

Is a 30-night minimum the same as occupancy?

No. Only 19 listings, 22.4 percent of the 85 active rentals, carry a 30-night minimum, and that's a platform filter, not an occupancy figure. The market's actual stay length is still 5.6 nights. A rental license is an ordinance requirement, separate from either number, so write the stay length the extract actually named rather than selling a filled month you haven't booked.

Should I hire a manager in Scranton and on the satellites?

Professionally managed listings make up just 5.9 percent of the market, with Evolve holding 2 of them. Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg each reward their own separate-city copy, so independent hosts still write most of the Scranton desk. A satellite host paying city-scale management for the wrong caption is buying the wrong product for their actual guest.

Who books a Scranton stay?

Most guests arrive from New York, then Pittsburgh, booking a typical 5.6-night stay 35 days out. Downtown, Steamtown, and West Side are different occasions with different guests, so serve whichever one actually typed this listing. Photos should match the house that exists, since a blended satellite caption loses the booking.

Can I file Wilkes-Barre as the Scranton year?

No. Scranton's average night was $155 across 85 listings, while Wilkes-Barre earned about $11,303 across 45 listings, a separate sample. Keep Scranton's own $14,656 typical year -- 37.9 percent occupancy, $54 RevPAR, down 11.4 percent year over year against supply up 34.9 percent -- on its own line rather than borrowing Wilkes-Barre's figure.

When is the license renewal due?

Per the official city page, renewal applications have been due March 15 annually since 2024, with initial applications due by September 15. Confirm the current date directly with Scranton Rental Licensing at 570-348-4193 ext. 4555, Robin Selemba, Rental Registration Manager, since ordinance deadlines can shift year to year.

What should a buyer packet carry?

Cite the $14,656 typical year across 85 city listings, supply up 34.9 percent against revenue down 11.4 percent year over year, 37.9 percent occupancy, and Rental Licensing's number, 570-348-4193 ext. 4555. Keep Wilkes-Barre's own figure on a separate line rather than folding it into Scranton's.

Where do I confirm the city desk?

Call Scranton Rental Licensing at 570-348-4193 ext. 4555, Robin Selemba, Rental Registration Manager, at 340 N. Washington Avenue or rselemba@scrantonpa.gov. Confirm the Rental Ordinance of 2022 requirement, the September 15 and March 15 deadlines, the 30-day new-unit window, and the current per-unit fee schedule directly rather than relying on an older brief.

Work with Crest & Cove Creative

A Scranton listing captioned 'generic Electric City stay' has already lost the guest who typed Steamtown. Wilkes-Barre copy belongs on a Wilkes-Barre driveway, not this one.

Send us the live tile if it still names Wilkes-Barre on a downtown Scranton address. We'll recut the gallery and copy to the walk and the rental-licensing desk this listing actually has.

Reach out at crestcove.co or (256) 998-7502.