18 Listings and a City Ban: Weston STR Report 2026

Thomas Garner
Aug 16
9 min read

Updated: 13 hours ago

Aerial view of the Missouri River centered on Weston, Missouri

Weston, Missouri is a Platte County river town about thirty minutes northwest of Kansas City on I-29 and MO-45, reached locally off Highway JJ. It is not Kansas City, and it is not Smithville, and a market report that treats it as either one is measuring the wrong town.

The most recent AirROI pull for Weston's page, updated August 8, 2026 and trailing May 2025 through April 2026, shows 18 active listings, 42.2 percent occupancy, a $350 average daily rate, and $147 RevPAR. That is the file. It is not a rounded-up regional average and not last year's brief.

This report exists because an older brief for this market carried a stale 52 percent occupancy, $322 average daily rate, and a different monthly shape than what the current pull actually shows. This page will not reprint that line as if it were still the file. Eighteen doors, a pulled average, and a 2018 city ban that keeps the supply count where it is - that is the evidence pile, and it is worth walking through on its own terms. This is not legal advice.

One File, Eighteen Listings, No Midpoint

Eighteen active listings is a small enough file that a single new listing or a single delisting can move the percentages more than it would in a market with a few hundred doors. Anyone reading a Weston occupancy or ADR figure should hold that in mind before treating it as a stable long-run benchmark.

Two-bedroom listings make up 22.2 percent of the file, which is consistent with a supply base that grew out of bed-and-breakfast-shaped properties rather than purpose-built short-term rental listing stock. That shapes what a new host is actually competing against here: fewer large-group listings, more small, character-driven stays.

The host base on this file skews independent-majority. That matters for anyone comparing Weston to a market dominated by professional multi-unit operators, because the competitive set here is closer to individual owner-operators than to portfolio management companies.

None of that supports splitting the difference between the old brief's numbers and the new pull's numbers. The current file is 18 listings, 42.2 percent occupancy, and a $350 ADR. A host planning around a blended average between the stale brief and the current pull is planning around a number that doesn't describe either period accurately.

Where Weston Actually Sits

Weston sits in Platte County, roughly thirty minutes northwest of Kansas City via I-29 and MO-45, with Highway JJ as the local approach into town. That drive time is close enough for a Kansas City weekend trip and far enough to feel like a genuine change of pace, which is part of what the town sells.

It is a mistake to treat Kansas City demand events, including large one-off events like a World Cup weekend, as a driver of Weston occupancy. Kansas City is the drive; Weston is the destination, and the two markets have separate permit, clerk, and tax stacks that don't automatically share demand.

Smithville is a different town with a different file, and this report will not substitute Smithville's numbers, GIS boundaries, or listing count for Weston's. A host confirming whether a specific address falls inside Weston's city limit should check that boundary on GIS directly rather than assuming based on a mailing address or a nearby zip code.

The distinction matters most for anyone comparing three separate markets - Weston, Smithville, and the Kansas City metro - and trying to price or position a listing against the wrong one. Cite the Weston file for a Weston listing, and cite the published market year the pull actually covers.

What the Numbers Actually Show

The AirROI pull puts occupancy at 42.2 percent and average daily rate at $350, with RevPAR at $147. Median figures on the same file run lower: median occupancy is about 32 percent and median nightly rate is about $238, which tells you the average is being pulled upward by a smaller number of stronger-performing listings.

Guests on this file book, on average, about 58 days out. That is a meaningfully longer booking window than a last-minute urban market, and it suggests demand here is more trip-planned than spontaneous - worth factoring into how far ahead a host times a pricing or promotional push.

Cleaning fees on the file average $23, with a $15 median, and only 33.3 percent of listings charge a cleaning fee at all. That is a low bar relative to many markets, and it's a specific, checkable number rather than a guess - a new host pricing a cleaning fee here should know roughly two-thirds of the competitive set isn't charging one separately.

None of these figures should be read as precise to the dollar or the percentage point. Third-party short-term rental data sources routinely disagree with each other by 20 to 30 percent on the same market, so treat every number in this section as a directional range pulled from one dataset, not a guarantee.

The gap between the 42.2 percent average occupancy and the 32 percent median occupancy is itself a useful data point, not noise to average away. It tells a new host that a meaningful share of Weston's 18 listings are underperforming relative to the file's strongest handful, which is a common shape in small, independent-majority markets where a few owner-operators have simply been at it longer.

A host trying to benchmark a specific Weston property against this file should ask which side of that average-versus-median gap their listing is likely to land on, based on bedroom count, condition, and how closely the listing photos and copy match what the property delivers - rather than assuming the average is the realistic target.

May, September, December - Not a Generic Midwest Winter

The seasonal shape on this file peaks in May, September, and December, with additional strength showing in April, January, and February. That is not the generic Midwest pattern of a single summer peak and a dead winter - Weston's calendar has multiple distinct pulls across the year.

May likely reflects spring events and the start of the warm-weather season locally; September lines up with harvest-season and fall tourism draw in a wine-and-orchard-adjacent river town; December points to holiday travel and small-town holiday programming pulling weekend guests in.

Months mentioned elsewhere in the file - August, June - show up without the same peak-level strength as May, September, and December, which suggests summer here is steady rather than the single dominant season. A host building a pricing calendar around one big summer push and a quiet rest of the year would be pricing against the wrong shape for this specific town.

Any host setting a full-year pricing strategy in Weston should build around three separate seasonal pulls rather than one, and should revisit that shape against a fresh pull periodically, since a file this size can shift with just a handful of new listings or a change in a couple of owners' calendars.

This also affects how a host should think about staffing cleaning and turnover coverage. A market with three distinct peaks spread across the year - rather than one long summer season - means gaps in cleaning or maintenance availability can hit revenue at more points in the calendar than a single-season market would, so coverage planning has to account for spring, early fall, and December, not just a summer stretch.

The 2018 Ban Keeps the City, Not AirROI

Weston implemented a short-term rental cap in 2018, and that local policy - not a data platform's methodology - is the reason this file holds at 18 active listings rather than growing the way an unrestricted small-town market might. The ban is the actual ceiling on supply here.

That distinction matters for how a host reads growth or decline in this market. If listing count barely moves year over year, that's very likely policy holding the number flat, not a lack of demand or investor interest. Confirm the current ordinance and any registration requirement directly with the city or the Board of Aldermen before assuming what the cap does or doesn't allow for a specific property.

Neighbor complaints in a capped, small-town market like this one tend to reach local officials - in Weston's case, the Board of Aldermen - faster than any listing platform's review system will. A host operating inside a policy-capped supply count has more reason, not less, to keep the operational basics tight.

This section is a description of a policy constraint as it shows up in the data, not legal advice and not a prediction about whether the cap will change. Anyone evaluating a Weston purchase around the short-term rental cap should verify the current rule directly with the city before relying on this page for that decision.

What This Page Will Not Do

This page will not average the stale 52 percent occupancy and $322 ADR brief together with the current 42.2 percent and $350 pull to produce a smoothed middle number. Those describe two different periods and mixing them produces a figure that matches neither one.

This page will not treat a Kansas City metro demand event as a Weston occupancy driver, and it will not substitute Smithville's file, boundary, or listing count for Weston's. A metro listing and a Weston listing are not interchangeable just because the drive between them is short.

This page will not photograph or describe amenities this specific driveway and house rules can't actually deliver on a Saturday. Guests deserve a listing description that matches what the property can hold overnight, not a costume version borrowed from a coastal or metro market that doesn't apply here.

What this page will do is cite the Weston file, cite the published market year the pull actually covers, and flag where the underlying numbers disagree by a wide enough margin - 20 to 30 percent across sources - that a host should treat them as a range rather than a fixed target.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many active short-term rental listings does Weston, Missouri have?

The most recent AirROI pull shows 18 active listings in Weston. That's a small file, which means occupancy and rate percentages here can move more with a single new listing or delisting than they would in a market with hundreds of doors.

What is Weston's average daily rate and occupancy?

The pull trailing May 2025 through April 2026 shows 42.2 percent occupancy and a $350 average daily rate, with $147 RevPAR. Median figures run lower, about 32 percent occupancy and a $238 median nightly rate, which shows the average is pulled up by a handful of stronger listings.

Why did Weston cap its short-term rental supply?

Weston put a short-term rental cap in place in 2018, and that policy, not a data platform, is why the listing count has held near 18 rather than growing. A host should confirm the current ordinance and any registration steps directly with the city before assuming what it allows for a specific property.

Is Weston the same market as Kansas City for short-term rental purposes?

No. Weston sits in Platte County about thirty minutes from Kansas City on I-29 and MO-45, but it runs a separate clerk, permit, and tax stack. Kansas City demand events shouldn't be read as a Weston occupancy driver, since the two markets don't automatically share demand.

How far out do guests book Weston stays?

Guests on this file book about 58 days out on average, which points to more trip-planned demand than last-minute or spontaneous booking behavior. That longer window is worth factoring into how early a host times pricing or promotional changes for the calendar.

What do cleaning fees look like on Weston listings?

Cleaning fees on the file average $23 with a $15 median, and only 33.3 percent of listings charge one at all. A new host pricing a cleaning fee here should know roughly two-thirds of the competitive set isn't charging a separate fee.

What does Weston's seasonal booking pattern look like?

The file peaks in May, September, and December, with added strength in April, January, and February, not the single-summer-peak pattern common to many Midwest markets. A pricing calendar built around one big summer push would be pricing against the wrong shape for this specific town.

How reliable are third-party short-term rental data figures for a market this size?

Treat them as directional ranges, not precise numbers. Third-party sources on the same market routinely disagree by 20 to 30 percent, and a file this small, 18 listings, can shift meaningfully with just a couple of new listings or delistings.

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A market report for a capped, 18-listing town is worthless if it splits the difference between an old brief and the current file. Weston's numbers only mean something read on their own terms.

We help independent hosts read a small file like Weston's correctly instead of borrowing a metro or coastal benchmark that doesn't apply. Send us your listing and we'll walk through what the current pull actually supports for your calendar.

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