Tampa vacation rental bookings up for Super Bowl despite pandemic, Bucs participation
Data on the rental properties, commonly listed on websites like AirBnB, show bumps in prices and the occupancy rate.
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Jared Higginbotham and J-Ryan Stewart, co-owners of short-term rental management company Teal Door Hosting, pose for a portrait outside a renovated Airstream rental property in Tampa on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Stewart said that within 72 hours after the Super Bowl teams were announced about 90 percent of their Tampa properties were booked. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
Published Feb. 4
Tampa will make history Sunday as the first city to hold a Super Bowl that includes the home team, a dream come true for long-suffering Bucs fans and a region that has been at the pinnacle of professional sports championships for the past year.