Who Books a Deltaville Rental: Richmond, Not Erie 2026

Thomas Garner
14 hours ago
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Most Deltaville listings get marketed as a generic Chesapeake Bay stay. That pitch could describe a dozen other towns, and it wastes what actually sets Deltaville, Middlesex County, Virginia apart. Guests who typed Deltaville are looking for Deltaville Marina, Deltaville Maritime Museum, Fishing Bay Yacht Club, the Rappahannock River — not Urbanna, and not Erie. 44 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 $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months through July 2026. The average night was $297. Occupancy was 35.2 percent. Revenue per available night was $104. Year over year is minus 24.5 percent. Active supply moved 0.0 percent. Do not average in Urbanna at $38,327 on 18 listings. That is a different town. Leave Erie 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 Richmond, then Charlottesville. Typical stay is 4.0 nights, booked about 69 days ahead. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape Evolve holds still show up in this sample. Confirm the live desk before you advertise.

August Is the Busiest Month

That heading is the useful way to read Deltaville, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Deltaville Marina. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Chesapeake Bay caption. Do not write Urbanna copy onto a Deltaville address. Do not use Erie 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 Buying a Deltaville Rental and Deltaville Tourism Data. Typical listings earned about $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, at $297 a night and 35.2 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Richmond. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Deltaville 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.

September Is Still One of the Three Strongest Months

That heading is the useful way to read Deltaville, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Deltaville Maritime Museum. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Chesapeake Bay caption. Do not write Urbanna copy onto a Deltaville address. Do not use Erie 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 Deltaville Tourism Data and Complete Visitor's Guide to Deltaville, Virginia Stay. Typical listings earned about $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, at $297 a night and 35.2 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Richmond. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Deltaville Maritime Museum. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Most Guests Arrive from Richmond

That heading is the useful way to read Deltaville, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Chesapeake Bay caption. Do not write Urbanna copy onto a Deltaville address. Do not use Erie 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 Deltaville, Virginia Stay and What It Costs to Start a Legal Deltaville STR Stay. Typical listings earned about $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, at $297 a night and 35.2 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Richmond. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Charlottesville Is a Secondary Origin, Not the Listing Pitch

That heading is the useful way to read Deltaville, not a dashboard label. Guests come for the Rappahannock River. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Chesapeake Bay caption. Do not write Urbanna copy onto a Deltaville address. Do not use Erie 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 What It Costs to Start a Legal Deltaville STR Stay and Deltaville STR Report 2026. Typical listings earned about $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, at $297 a night and 35.2 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Richmond. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the Rappahannock River. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Larger Homes Are Common in Deltaville

Read more in Deltaville STR Report 2026 and Market a Deltaville Stay. Typical listings earned about $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, at $297 a night and 35.2 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Richmond. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Photos Should Match the Trip Guests Actually Book

Read more in Market a Deltaville Stay and Deltaville STR Rules. Typical listings earned about $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, at $297 a night and 35.2 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Richmond. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Deltaville Maritime Museum. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Erie Attracts a Different Guest

Read more in Deltaville STR Rules and Deltaville Shoulder. Typical listings earned about $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, at $297 a night and 35.2 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Richmond. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Who This Market Fits

Read more in Deltaville Shoulder and Deltaville Remote Stays. Typical listings earned about $26,263 last year from 44 active rentals, at $297 a night and 35.2 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from Richmond. Call Planning at 804-758-3382. Unincorporated Middlesex County. County STR zoning permit $75. Confirm live. Urbanna Town Hall is another municipality. Virginia Beach $500 is another municipality. AirROI Low is a scrape

Year over year is minus 24.5 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Erie ($16,408 a year) on its own line. A 22.7-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the Rappahannock River. 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

What is a typical Deltaville STR year on this extract?

AirROI lists about $26,263 in typical annual revenue from 44 listings for August 2025 through July 2026, updated 2026-08-08. The average night was $297 and occupancy was 35.2 percent, with year over year down 24.5 percent. Treat this as a small sample given the listing count, and don't average it with the Urbanna or Erie figures.

Can I average Urbanna into this year?

No. Urbanna published about $38,327 from 18 listings on its own extract. Those two markets don't cancel into one Chesapeake Bay number — cite $26,263 from 44 Deltaville listings only, and confirm current permit details before you advertise using either figure.

Which months are strongest in Deltaville?

August, June, and September are the three strongest months, with August the busiest and January the slowest. Occupancy for the year runs 35.2 percent against a typical annual figure of $26,263 from 44 listings — treat that as a small sample and keep it specific to Deltaville.

Where do guests come from?

Richmond is the top origin, followed by Charlottesville. Typical stays run 4.0 nights, booked about 69 days ahead, with a 63.6 percent superhost share. Occupancy is 35.2 percent against a typical year of $26,263 — serve the guest who actually typed Deltaville rather than a blended Chesapeake Bay pitch.

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

No, that label reflects a listings scrape rather than the town file. Deltaville sits in unincorporated Middlesex County; call County Planning at 804-758-3382 to confirm the county STR zoning permit, which runs about $75. Urbanna Town Hall and Virginia Beach are separate municipalities with their own rules.

Is a 30-night minimum the same as occupancy?

No. About 22.7 percent of listings, 10 of them, carry a 30-night minimum — that's a platform setting, not a measure of how full the property runs. Deltaville's real typical stay is 4.0 nights.

What should a buyer packet carry?

Cite $26,263 from 44 listings, the August-June-September peak with January as the slow month, Richmond as the top origin, a 4.0-night stay booked about 69 days out, and County Planning at 804-758-3382. Label Urbanna ($38,327) and Erie ($16,408) separately — don't average those figures into the Deltaville number.

Is Erie the same market as Deltaville?

No. Erie published about $16,408 from 239 listings on its own extract. Keep that figure on its own line — Deltaville's number is $26,263 from 44 listings, with January as its slowest month. Confirm current permit details for each market separately at County Planning, 804-758-3382, before advertising one as the other.

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