Port Isabel Shoulder: March June February, November Hole

Jacob Mishalanie
2 days ago
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Most Port Isabel listings get marketed as a generic Gulf of Mexico stay. That pitch could describe a dozen other towns, and it wastes what actually sets City of Port Isabel, Cameron County, Texas apart. Guests who typed Port Isabel are looking for Port Isabel Lighthouse, the historic district, Laguna Madre, the marina — not South Padre Island, and not Port O'Connor. 259 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 $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months through July 2026. The average night was $265. Occupancy was 34.8 percent. Revenue per available night was $94. Year over year is plus 17.2 percent. Active supply moved 19.9 percent. Do not average in South Padre Island at $31,944 on 2380 listings. That is a different town. Leave Port O'Connor as a different market. Do not mix those towns. Treat this as a small sample, not a blended coast.

The three strongest months are March, June, and February. March is the busiest. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio, then Houston. Typical stay is 5.6 nights, booked about 44 days ahead. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape Spacious Bay holds still show up in this sample. Confirm the live desk before you advertise.

March Is the Busiest Month

That heading is the useful way to read Port Isabel, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Port Isabel Lighthouse. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not write South Padre Island copy onto a Port Isabel address. Do not use Port O'Connor 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 Port Isabel STR Rules and Port Isabel Remote Stays. Typical listings earned about $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, at $265 a night and 34.8 percent occupancy. March is the busiest month. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 17.2 percent. Supply moved 19.9 percent. Keep Port O'Connor ($21,172 a year) on its own line. A 30.1-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Port Isabel Lighthouse. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

June and February Are the Other Strong Months

That heading is the useful way to read Port Isabel, not a dashboard label. Guests come for the historic district. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not write South Padre Island copy onto a Port Isabel address. Do not use Port O'Connor 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 Port Isabel Remote Stays and DIY vs Hire in Port Isabel. Typical listings earned about $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, at $265 a night and 34.8 percent occupancy. March is the busiest month. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 17.2 percent. Supply moved 19.9 percent. Keep Port O'Connor ($21,172 a year) on its own line. A 30.1-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the historic district. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

November Is the Slowest Month in Port Isabel

That heading is the useful way to read Port Isabel, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Laguna Madre. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not write South Padre Island copy onto a Port Isabel address. Do not use Port O'Connor 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 DIY vs Hire in Port Isabel and Who Books a Port Isabel Rental. Typical listings earned about $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, at $265 a night and 34.8 percent occupancy. March is the busiest month. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 17.2 percent. Supply moved 19.9 percent. Keep Port O'Connor ($21,172 a year) on its own line. A 30.1-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Laguna Madre. 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 Steal Port O'Connor as This Peak

That heading is the useful way to read Port Isabel, not a dashboard label. Guests come for the marina. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Gulf of Mexico caption. Do not write South Padre Island copy onto a Port Isabel address. Do not use Port O'Connor 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 Port Isabel Rental and Buying a Port Isabel Rental. Typical listings earned about $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, at $265 a night and 34.8 percent occupancy. March is the busiest month. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 17.2 percent. Supply moved 19.9 percent. Keep Port O'Connor ($21,172 a year) on its own line. A 30.1-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the marina. 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 Invent a Weekly Percent Cut

Read more in Buying a Port Isabel Rental and Port Isabel Tourism Data. Typical listings earned about $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, at $265 a night and 34.8 percent occupancy. March is the busiest month. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Port Isabel Lighthouse Week Is Demand, Not T Twelve

Read more in Port Isabel Tourism Data and Complete Visitor's Guide to Port Isabel, Texas Stay. Typical listings earned about $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, at $265 a night and 34.8 percent occupancy. March is the busiest month. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 17.2 percent. Supply moved 19.9 percent. Keep Port O'Connor ($21,172 a year) on its own line. A 30.1-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the historic district. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Lead of 44 Days Is Not a Filled Hole

Read more in Complete Visitor's Guide to Port Isabel, Texas Stay and What It Costs to Start a Legal Port Isabel STR Stay. Typical listings earned about $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, at $265 a night and 34.8 percent occupancy. March is the busiest month. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 17.2 percent. Supply moved 19.9 percent. Keep Port O'Connor ($21,172 a year) on its own line. A 30.1-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Laguna Madre. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Price the Month the Extract Actually Named

Read more in What It Costs to Start a Legal Port Isabel STR Stay and Port Isabel STR Report 2026. Typical listings earned about $24,192 last year from 259 active rentals, at $265 a night and 34.8 percent occupancy. March is the busiest month. November is the slowest. Most guests arrive from San Antonio. Call Finance at 956-943-0703. City STR registration with Finance. Hotel occupancy tax sits with the city. South Padre Island license is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is plus 17.2 percent. Supply moved 19.9 percent. Keep Port O'Connor ($21,172 a year) on its own line. A 30.1-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the marina. 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

Which months are Port Isabel's strongest, and which is the weakest?

March, June, and February are the three strongest months, with March the busiest of the year. November is the slowest month on this extract, so treat it as the deepest shoulder gap rather than assuming a filled calendar.

What is a typical Port Isabel STR year on this extract?

AirROI shows about $24,192 across 259 active listings for the trailing twelve months through July 2026, updated 2026-08-08. Average night is $265, occupancy sits at 34.8 percent, and revenue per available night is $94. Year over year is plus 17.2 percent.

Should I use South Padre Island's or Port O'Connor's seasonal pattern for Port Isabel pricing?

No. South Padre Island posted about $31,944 across 2,380 listings and Port O'Connor about $21,172 across 128 listings in the same window; both are separate markets with their own seasonal shape. Cite Port Isabel's own $24,192 figure from 259 listings, and keep the other towns labeled separately.

Does a 44-day average booking lead time mean November is already filling up?

No. A lead time describes how far ahead guests typically book, not how full a given month is. November remains the slowest month on this extract regardless of the average 44-day lead.

Where do most guests booking Port Isabel come from?

San Antonio leads, followed by Houston. Typical stays run about 5.6 nights. Superhost listings make up about 56.4 percent of the active supply.

How should a host price the November gap without inventing demand?

Price against the extract's own numbers, not a hoped-for peak. November is documented as the slowest month; use rate flexibility, minimum-stay adjustments, or targeted promotion rather than assuming borrowed demand from a stronger month or a neighboring town.

Does a 30-night minimum on some listings change the shoulder-season picture?

No. About 30.1 percent of active listings, 78 of 259, run a 30-night minimum. That is a stay-length rule, not an occupancy figure, and it does not offset the seasonal dip in November.

Does AirROI's low-regulation tag mean Port Isabel has no permit requirement?

No, that tag is a scrape and does not reflect the live rule. The city requires STR registration through its Finance department, and hotel occupancy tax is administered by the city as well. Call Finance at 956-943-0703 to confirm current terms before advertising.

Does sales tax apply to stays under 30 nights?

Yes, short-term rentals booked for fewer than 30 nights can still trigger state sales tax obligations. Confirm the specifics with the appropriate tax authority before setting nightly rates.

What should a shoulder-season pricing plan cite?

Cite the March-June-February peak, the November low, the $24,192 typical year from 259 listings, and the 34.8 percent overall occupancy. Keep South Padre Island's $31,944 and Port O'Connor's $21,172 figures labeled separately, and never average them into Port Isabel's own numbers.

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