Vilano Beach Shoulder Season: March, April, and June Are Peak. October Is the Hole

Price Vilano Beach by the months its own numbers actually name, not by the assumptions most hosts default to. The peak-3 window here is March, April, and June, with March standing alone as the single strongest month. October is the softest month on the calendar, and January and September round out the rest of the low stretch. A typical Vilano Beach listing earns $63,182 a year across 161 active listings.

St. Augustine Beach, the neighboring pin just south, shares the same peak-3 window. March, April, and June, but its hole falls in January, not October, and its typical year is $41,633 across 42 listings. The two markets share a peak window without sharing a year, and pricing one parcel off the other's calendar is where most shoulder-season guesswork goes wrong.

Vilano Beach revenue is down 10.5% year over year while supply grew 20.1%. Eighty listings, just under half, at 49.7%, already require a 30-night minimum stay. That long minimum reflects a booking pattern, not a filled October, and the two shouldn't be confused when setting rates.

March Is Vilano Beach's Peak Month

March is the peak month on both Vilano Beach and St. Augustine Beach, but a shared peak month doesn't mean a shared performance file. Vilano's typical year is $63,182, with a $492 ADR, 40.0% occupancy, and $199 RevPAR. St. Augustine Beach's typical year is $41,633, with a $380 ADR, 42.8% occupancy, and $174 RevPAR. Price March using the numbers for the parcel you actually manage, not an average of the two.

Peak-3 on both markets runs March, April, and June, with April sitting between the two named peaks and June serving as the extra month both areas share. October is Vilano's hole; January is St. Augustine Beach's. For the full-year breakdown, see the Vilano Beach STR Market Report 2026 and Vilano Beach vs. St. Augustine Beach: Two Pins.

The average Vilano stay runs 4.2 nights with a 93-day booking lead, so March reservations tend to lock in a short, high-value week well ahead of the visit, even while school is still in session locally. Most guests originate from Jacksonville, and 23.0% of Vilano listings are professionally managed, led by Wren (9 listings) and Elite (7 listings). None of that changes the calendar: March prices as peak, and October stays priced as the hole.

June Rounds Out Peak-3

June is the third peak month on both Vilano Beach and St. Augustine Beach, not a leftover summer month to discount once school lets out. Vilano still posts its full-year numbers in June: $63,182 typical revenue, 40.0% occupancy, a 4.2-night average stay, and a 93-day lead. St. Augustine Beach carries a longer average stay of 5.2 nights and a shorter 60-day lead, with January, not June, as its named hole.

Hosts who import a generic "summer is slow" calendar tend to discount June out of habit rather than data. Neither market supports that discount. How to Market a Vilano Beach Stay and Who Books a Vilano Beach Rental both build their guidance around photographing and marketing the pier in the season you're actually selling. June included.

Turtle nesting lighting ordinances apply to beachfront properties during nesting season, but that's a compliance requirement, not a reason to mark June down. Hosts should confirm the current-year lighting rules with St. Johns County Code Enforcement at (904) 209-0734, then price June as a peak-3 month rather than a markdown month.

October Is Vilano Beach's Hole

October is the softest revenue month on the Vilano Beach extract, part of a low stretch that also includes January and September. It's a named hole, not a guess, and the fix isn't inventing a discount that doesn't exist in the data, it's pricing the month honestly.

The 30-night-minimum trend common among Vilano listings, 80 listings, or 49.7%, already require it, doesn't fill October either; average stay is still 4.2 nights and occupancy still runs 40.0% across the year. For listings suited to it, Vilano Beach Remote Worker 30-Night Stays covers how a longer-stay guest can help offset a slow month without pretending the hole isn't there.

St. Augustine Beach's hole is January, not October, and its typical year is $41,633. The two markets don't share a hole any more than they share a full-year total, and pricing one parcel off the other's calendar just compounds the error. If last October ran empty on a given listing, price this one honestly rather than inventing a discount the data never supported.

St. Augustine Beach's Hole Is January

St. Augustine Beach's named hole is January, not October. Its typical year is $41,633 across 42 listings, with a $380 ADR, 42.8% occupancy, and $174 RevPAR. Peak-3 there is March, April, and June, the same as Vilano, with low months in January, July, and November. Guests there average a 5.2-night stay with a 60-day lead, and 57.1% of listings are professionally managed, a notably higher share than Vilano's 23.0%.

Twenty-five of St. Augustine Beach's listings (59.5%) already require a 30-night minimum, and year-over-year revenue there is down a sharper 41.0% against 320.0% supply growth, both figures well outside Vilano's -10.5% / +20.1% trend. These are two different markets on two different trajectories, not two data points from the same file.

The City of St. Augustine handles St. Augustine Beach registration matters at (904) 471-2122, separate from St. Johns County's desk for Vilano Beach at (904) 209-0734. See Vilano Beach vs. St. Augustine Beach: Two Pins for the full side-by-side comparison of both markets' calendars.

Don't Invent a Weekly Discount

Neither market's data supports the leftover-season discount language that circulates informally among hosts. Vilano's occupancy is 40.0%, average stay is 4.2 nights, and lead time is 93 days, none of which justify manufacturing a percentage cut that isn't in the extract. The 80 listings (49.7%) that already carry a 30-night minimum reflect a booking pattern, not a discount policy.

St. Augustine Beach is down 41.0% year over year against 320.0% supply growth, its own steep trend, and not one to blend with Vilano's -10.5% / +20.1%. Resources like DIY vs. Hire in Vilano Beach and Vilano Beach Remote Worker 30-Night Stays are about marketing execution, not a discount calculator, and shouldn't be read as license to invent seasonal markdowns either market's data doesn't back up.

Historic Calendar Isn't Occupancy

The historic district across the Usina Bridge draws its own visitor traffic, but downtown festival calendars and Castillo de San Marcos visiting hours aren't the same thing as Vilano Beach occupancy. Vilano's typical year remains $63,182 with 40.0% occupancy, March as the peak month, and October as the hole, regardless of what's happening downtown.

The City of St. Augustine's own visitor spending figures (roughly $36.98 million) reflect tourism dollars broadly, not short-term rental performance on Vilano Beach specifically, and the city's registration line at (904) 201-8839 covers a different jurisdiction than St. Johns County's desk for Vilano. Vilano Beach Tourism Data for STR Hosts and the Complete Visitor's Guide to Vilano Beach cover Castillo and the historic district as their own attractions worth mentioning to guests, without folding them into the occupancy line.

St. Augustine Beach has its own visitor draw and its own January hole. Neither market should borrow the historic district's calendar as an excuse to skip pricing October, or January, honestly.

A 93-Day Lead Isn't a Filled Hole

Vilano's 93-day average booking lead is a genuinely long window, but it describes when guests book, not whether October fills up. Average stay remains 4.2 nights and occupancy remains 40.0% across the year, a long lead time on a short barrier-island week, not evidence that the hole has closed.

St. Augustine Beach's lead time is shorter, at 60 days, with a 5.2-night average stay and January as its own hole, a different booking rhythm entirely, even though both markets draw heavily from Jacksonville. Vilano Beach Remote Worker 30-Night Stays and Buying a Vilano Beach Rental in 2026 both cite the same $63,182 typical-year figure rather than treating a long lead time as a revenue projection.

Price March around the 93-day lead, and price October as a hole with an honest rate rather than holding it back in hopes of a windfall that the rest of the year's early-booking pattern doesn't actually predict.

Price the Month the Data Names

March is peak. April and June round out peak-3. October is the hole, and January and September make up the rest of the low stretch. That's the full Vilano Beach calendar: $63,182 typical year, $492 ADR, 40.0% occupancy, a 4.2-night average stay, and a 93-day lead. Eighty listings (49.7%) require a 30-night minimum. None of that supports inventing a weekly discount, borrowing St. Augustine Beach's January hole, or dressing up the historic district's visitor traffic as Vilano occupancy.

County registration desks travel with whichever month is being sold: St. Johns County Code Enforcement at (904) 209-0734, and the county's 5% tourist development tax collector at (904) 209-2250. Occupancy limits run two guests per bedroom, capped at 10 total, excluding children 12 and under. Vilano Beach STR Rules: County Registration and Vilano Beach vs. St. Johns County Desks cover the compliance side in full.

Two markets, two calendars, two sets of local contacts. Vilano Beach's hole is October, St. Augustine Beach's is January, and neither should be priced off the other's data. Confirm which parcel is being priced, then price the month that market's own numbers actually name.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the peak month on Vilano Beach?

March is the peak month for both Vilano Beach and St. Augustine Beach, though each market posts different full-year numbers. Vilano's typical year is $63,182 with a $492 ADR and 40.0% occupancy; St. Augustine Beach's typical year is $41,633 with a $380 ADR and 42.8% occupancy. Peak-3 on both is March, April, and June.

Does June count as a peak month?

Yes. June rounds out peak-3 for both Vilano Beach and St. Augustine Beach — it's not a leftover summer month to discount once school lets out. Turtle nesting lighting rules apply to beachfront listings in-season, but that's a compliance requirement, not a reason to mark June down.

What month is Vilano Beach's hole?

October is the softest month on the Vilano extract, part of a low stretch that also includes January and September. Occupancy holds at 40.0% year-round, and the 80 listings (49.7%) that already require a 30-night minimum don't change that — a long minimum isn't a filled October.

What month is St. Augustine Beach's hole?

January, not October. St. Augustine Beach's typical year is $41,633, with a 5.2-night average stay, a 60-day lead, and 57.1% of listings professionally managed. Its year-over-year performance is down 41.0% against 320.0% supply growth, a steeper swing than Vilano's -10.5% / +20.1%.

Should hosts apply a weekly discount in the shoulder months?

No, neither market's data supports it. Vilano's numbers (40.0% occupancy, 4.2-night average stay, 93-day lead) don't justify a manufactured percentage cut, and blending in St. Augustine Beach's steeper year-over-year decline would only compound the error.

Does the historic district's visitor traffic count as Vilano occupancy?

No. Festival calendars and Castillo de San Marcos visiting hours reflect downtown St. Augustine's tourism traffic, not short-term rental occupancy on Vilano Beach. Vilano's occupancy figures stand on their own: 40.0% occupancy, March as peak, October as the hole.

Does a 93-day booking lead mean October is filling up?

No. The 93-day lead describes how far ahead guests book, not whether the hole month fills. Average stay (4.2 nights) and occupancy (40.0%) hold steady across the year regardless of lead time, and October remains the named hole.

How should hosts price the Vilano Beach calendar?

Price March as peak, April and June as peak-3, and October, January, and September as the low stretch, matching Vilano's own data ($63,182 typical year, $492 ADR, 40.0% occupancy). St. Johns County registration and tax questions go to (904) 209-0734 and (904) 209-2250, not city hall numbers that belong to a different jurisdiction.

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Vilano Beach peaks in March, April, and June while October is the real hole, and a listing that sells October like peak season leaves guests booking a month the calendar won't deliver.

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