What It Costs to Start a Legal Jamestown STR Stay 2026

Thomas Garner
14 hours ago
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Most Jamestown listings get marketed as a generic Narragansett Bay stay. That pitch could describe a dozen other towns, and it wastes what actually sets Town of Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island apart. Guests who typed Jamestown are looking for Beavertail Lighthouse, Fort Wetherill State Park, East Ferry, Mackerel Cove — not Harpswell, and not Little Compton. 92 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 $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months through July 2026. The average night was $440. Occupancy was 31.4 percent. Revenue per available night was $153. Year over year is minus 9.6 percent. Active supply moved 9.5 percent. Do not average in Harpswell at $29,110 on 189 listings. That is a different town. Leave Little Compton as a different market. Do not mix those towns. Treat this as a small sample, not a blended coast.

The three strongest months are August, June, and September. August is the busiest. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York, then Boston. Typical stay is 4.9 nights, booked about 101 days ahead. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file STAY Newport holds still show up in this sample.

Jamestown is Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay, not a Newport listing and not a Little Compton mash. Photograph Beavertail Lighthouse, Fort Wetherill, East Ferry, and Mackerel Cove. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200 and confirm the live host registration before you advertise. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals. Also register with Rhode Island DBR. Do not average Harpswell at $29,110 or Little Compton at $31,744 into this town year.

Price the City License Before You Furnish

That heading is the useful way to read Jamestown, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Beavertail Lighthouse. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Narragansett Bay caption. Do not write Harpswell copy onto a Jamestown address. Do not use Little Compton 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 Jamestown Tourism Data and Complete Visitor's Guide to Jamestown — Jamestown Rhode Island Pin. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, at $440 a night and 31.4 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file

Year over year is minus 9.6 percent. Supply moved 9.5 percent. Keep Little Compton ($31,744 a year) on its own line. A 56.5-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Beavertail 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.

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That heading is the useful way to read Jamestown, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Fort Wetherill State Park. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Narragansett Bay caption. Do not write Harpswell copy onto a Jamestown address. Do not use Little Compton 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 Jamestown — Jamestown Rhode Island Pin and Jamestown STR Report 2026. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, at $440 a night and 31.4 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file

Year over year is minus 9.6 percent. Supply moved 9.5 percent. Keep Little Compton ($31,744 a year) on its own line. A 56.5-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Fort Wetherill State Park. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

New Cards Need the Live Desk

That heading is the useful way to read Jamestown, not a dashboard label. Guests come for East Ferry. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Narragansett Bay caption. Do not write Harpswell copy onto a Jamestown address. Do not use Little Compton 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 Jamestown STR Report 2026 and Market a Jamestown Stay. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, at $440 a night and 31.4 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file

Year over year is minus 9.6 percent. Supply moved 9.5 percent. Keep Little Compton ($31,744 a year) on its own line. A 56.5-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph East 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.

Confirm City Parcel Before You Buy a Permit Story

That heading is the useful way to read Jamestown, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Mackerel Cove. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Narragansett Bay caption. Do not write Harpswell copy onto a Jamestown address. Do not use Little Compton 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 Market a Jamestown Stay and Jamestown STR Rules. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, at $440 a night and 31.4 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file

Year over year is minus 9.6 percent. Supply moved 9.5 percent. Keep Little Compton ($31,744 a year) on its own line. A 56.5-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Mackerel Cove. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Statewide Tax Sits Statewide

Read more in Jamestown STR Rules and Jamestown Shoulder. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, at $440 a night and 31.4 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file

Little Compton Permit Is Another Desk

Read more in Jamestown Shoulder and Jamestown Remote Stays. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, at $440 a night and 31.4 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file

Year over year is minus 9.6 percent. Supply moved 9.5 percent. Keep Little Compton ($31,744 a year) on its own line. A 56.5-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Fort Wetherill State Park. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Harpswell Is a Different City Desk

Read more in Jamestown Remote Stays and DIY vs Hire in Jamestown. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, at $440 a night and 31.4 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file

Year over year is minus 9.6 percent. Supply moved 9.5 percent. Keep Little Compton ($31,744 a year) on its own line. A 56.5-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph East 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.

What You Actually Spend Before Night One

Read more in DIY vs Hire in Jamestown and Who Books a Jamestown Rental. Typical listings earned about $29,691 last year from 92 active rentals, at $440 a night and 31.4 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees. Confirm live. Also register with RI DBR. Newport is another municipality. AirROI high-regulation is a scrape of listings, not the live permit file

Year over year is minus 9.6 percent. Supply moved 9.5 percent. Keep Little Compton ($31,744 a year) on its own line. A 56.5-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Mackerel Cove. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year. Cite the city count. Leave AirROI Low off the packet.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a typical Jamestown STR year on this extract?

AirROI lists typical Jamestown listings at about $29,691 a year from 92 active rentals for the trailing twelve months through July 2026. Average night was $440, occupancy was 31.4 percent, and year over year moved minus 9.6 percent. Treat this as a small sample and don't average in Harpswell or Little Compton.

Can I average Harpswell into this year?

No. Harpswell, Maine published about $29,110 from 189 listings — a different state with a much larger sample. Those two desks don't cancel into one Narragansett Bay year. Cite $29,691 from Jamestown's 92 listings only.

Which months are strongest in Jamestown?

The three strongest months are August, June, and September, with August the busiest. January is the slowest. Occupancy for the year sits at 31.4 percent on a typical year of $29,691 from 92 listings.

Where do guests come from?

New York is the top origin, then Boston. Typical stay is 4.9 nights, booked about 101 days ahead, with superhost share at 52.2 percent. Serve the guest who actually typed Jamestown rather than a generic Narragansett Bay search.

Does a low-regulation label mean there is no local permit?

No — that label is a scrape, not a permit file. Call Jamestown Town Hall at 401-423-7200. Town STR host registration runs $125 annual plus per-bedroom fees, and hosts must also register with the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation. Newport is a separate municipality with different rules.

Is a 30-night minimum the same as occupancy?

No. About 56.5 percent of listings (52 of them) set a 30-night minimum — a notably high share driven by platform settings rather than actual occupancy. Typical stay length here is 4.9 nights.

What should a buyer packet carry?

Cite $29,691 from 92 listings, the strongest months of August, June, and September, the slowest month of January, New York as the top origin, a 4.9-night stay with 101-day lead time, and the Town Hall line at 401-423-7200. Label Harpswell and Little Compton separately and never average them in.

Is Little Compton the same market as Jamestown?

No. Little Compton published about $31,744 from 71 listings — a different Rhode Island town with its own extract. Jamestown's own figure is $29,691 from 92 listings, with January as the slowest month. Keep these two towns on separate lines.

What sets Jamestown apart from a generic Narragansett Bay caption?

Guests who search Jamestown specifically are looking for Beavertail Lighthouse, Fort Wetherill State Park, East Ferry, and Mackerel Cove — not a generic bay caption. Jamestown is Conanicut Island, distinct from Newport or Little Compton.

Where do I confirm Jamestown's current STR rules?

Call Town Hall at 401-423-7200 and confirm the live $125 annual host registration plus per-bedroom fees before you advertise. Hosts must also register separately with the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation.

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