Europe 2025/26

[jamesdeluxe]

This just in from the Grey Lady:

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans​

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape.

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Sbooker]

This just in from the Grey Lady:

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans​

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape.

A Crisis in the Alps: Airbnb, Climate Change and Americans

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape.

www.nytimes.com

Makes accommodation very cheap in the months of April, May, June, September, October and November. Early December, most of January and most of March pretty reasonable too.

 

[Tony Crocker]

This caught my eye from James' link.

In Chamonix last winter, there was a 32 percent increase in overnight stays from U.S. customers.

Perhaps the relative value proposition is starting to dawn upon the general population of American skiers.

 

[MarzNC]

Perhaps the relative value proposition is starting to dawn upon the general population of American skiers.

Or the marketing for European resorts on Ikon and Epic is starting to register with Americans who have a passport.

Makes me think of Australians who only ski at Epic resorts in the USA because they can use Epic at home.

 

[Sbooker]

Or the marketing for European resorts on Ikon and Epic is starting to register with Americans who have a passport.

It would be interesting to know if the American visitation numbers have increased in the summer hiking/climbing period too. If not I would say your assumption is correct.