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I am looking at the "slow" period for Orlando (September to late December) and can't help noticing that utilization is very high.
September: 68.6%
October MTD: 79.3% (This weekend 89%!)
November Projected: 77.2%
December projected: 82.7%
In fact September did tie the other lowest month - January - at 68.5% occupancy.
I wonder how that compares to the seasonal and coastal areas which are so valuable (??) year round (yet are designated white and blue time) that they should be able pull an upgrade to FL at will? I can say with certainty they aren't in the 70's or 80 percentile from now to next April even though there are so few of them compared to FL resorts.
When supply and demand gets discussed it is assumed that areas with many resorts may be "overbuilt". That isn't always the case and really doesn't apply when you add quality into the mix. The supply of high quality weeks in non-seasonal areas is almost always less than the demand. And therefore it is an upgrade for those low demand times to trade "even" for the better weather areas.
This explains why points systems assign more value to year round areas rather than highly seasonal ones. The hidden systems seem to have the values reversed. Thus the need to keep the numbers hidden from users.
September: 68.6%
October MTD: 79.3% (This weekend 89%!)
November Projected: 77.2%
December projected: 82.7%
In fact September did tie the other lowest month - January - at 68.5% occupancy.
I wonder how that compares to the seasonal and coastal areas which are so valuable (??) year round (yet are designated white and blue time) that they should be able pull an upgrade to FL at will? I can say with certainty they aren't in the 70's or 80 percentile from now to next April even though there are so few of them compared to FL resorts.
When supply and demand gets discussed it is assumed that areas with many resorts may be "overbuilt". That isn't always the case and really doesn't apply when you add quality into the mix. The supply of high quality weeks in non-seasonal areas is almost always less than the demand. And therefore it is an upgrade for those low demand times to trade "even" for the better weather areas.
This explains why points systems assign more value to year round areas rather than highly seasonal ones. The hidden systems seem to have the values reversed. Thus the need to keep the numbers hidden from users.