Flagstaff: Friday tops Halloween in Booked Occupancy (Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026)

Flagstaff short-term rentals for Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026: Friday has higher citywide Booked Occupancy than Halloween Saturday, while Sunday is lowest.

Updated October 26, 2026

Halloween falls on Saturday, but should that make it the main focus for Flagstaff, Arizona, hosts this week? Friday’s position—and Sunday’s contrast—give operators a more specific way to frame the weekend.

Friday has higher citywide Booked Occupancy than Halloween Saturday in Flagstaff. For stays October 26, 2026–November 1, 2026, Wheelhouse data as of October 21, 2026 shows Booked Occupancy of 18.1% on Friday, October 30, 2026, versus Booked Occupancy of 17.7% on Saturday, October 31, 2026.

Wheelhouse data shows Friday leads Halloween Saturday in both Booked Occupancy and Asking Rate.

Halloween does not lead the weekend

Friday, Oct 30, has the week’s highest Asking Rate at $323, alongside its highest Booked Occupancy. Saturday, Oct 31, follows at an Asking Rate of $322. The calendar’s most recognizable occasion therefore does not put Saturday ahead on either measure.

Local Halloween programming spans both evenings. The City of Flagstaff schedules Fright Night at the Rec at Hal Jensen Recreation Center on October 30, 2026. The Downtown Business Alliance schedules its Halloween Trick-or-Treat Trail through downtown on October 31, 2026. These events sit within the analyzed stay window, October 26, 2026–November 1, 2026, but their schedules alone do not explain Friday’s lead. The weekday itself could explain the difference.

FlagstaffData as of Oct 21, 2026

Flagstaff · citywide context

Nights already reserved at the snapshot date, not final occupancy.

October 27, 2026

Oct 27, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026 · Snapshot Oct 21, 2026

Booked occupancy
13.1%
Asking rate (USD)
$279

Wheelhouse citywide data. Booked Occupancy is the share of nights already reserved for each stay date; Asking Rates are advertised nightly prices, fees included. Compare with rentals like yours before acting on it.

Source: About Wheelhouse Market Reports

Sunday is the sharper contrast

Sunday, Nov 1, has the week’s lowest Booked Occupancy, 12.2%, and lowest Asking Rate, $275. Saturday and Sunday also have more time remaining until arrival than Friday. The practical distinction is between Friday and Saturday at the top of the week’s readings and Sunday at the bottom—not simply Halloween versus the night before.

That makes Sunday’s own weekday history important: does it also look weaker than past Sundays checked the same number of days before arrival, with the same nights open for booking? The accompanying booking-window chart provides background on last year’s listing-average lead times for October 2025 and November 2025; the Sunday comparison is what can help determine whether this weekend’s citywide contrast matters for your portfolio.

Flagstaff · Lead time

Last year’s booking window: October–November 2025 stays

Listings in rangeCumulative listings
Share in rangeCumulative share0.0%0%3.0%25%6.0%50%9.0%75%12.0%100%0–525–3050–5575–80100–105125–130150–155175–180200–205225–230250–255275–280300–305325–330350–355Average lead time per listing (days)

Select a bar to inspect it. Use arrow keys to move between ranges. Scroll horizontally on smaller screens.

0–5 days
In range 7.1%Cumulative 7.1%
7.1% of listings averaged more than 0 days and up to 5 days of lead time;7.1% averaged at most 5 days.

As of Oct 21, 2026

Methodology and source

Oct 2025 stays · Retrieved Oct 26, 2026

Wheelhouse Market Report lead-time distribution for the same stay month a year earlier, after all of its stays were complete. Each listing contributes its average booking lead time: a bar is the share of listings whose average falls in that day range, and the line is the share at or below it. It describes listings, not individual reservations, and is last year’s pattern rather than this year’s bookings or a forecast.

Source: Wheelhouse market data

Each listing contributes its average booking lead time. This is a distribution of listing averages, not individual reservations. Contributing listing count is not supplied.

Ranges exclude the lower bound and include the upper bound. Negative API days are interpreted as days before arrival for this preview. Cumulative shares complement the original percentiles in reverse order. Rounded bar shares may not sum to exactly 100%.

Your past Sundays can change the focus

Use Wheelhouse Performance Analytics to examine your portfolio’s bookings for Friday, Oct 30, Saturday, Oct 31, and Sunday, Nov 1. Compare each with past Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays, checked the same number of days before arrival with the same nights open for booking. Keep Friday and Saturday as the initial focus if Sunday resembles your usual Sunday results; shift attention to Sunday if its bookings are weaker than past Sundays under those same conditions.

How Wheelhouse measures this

Wheelhouse Market Reports track bookings and advertised prices across short-term rental listings in Flagstaff. This article uses Wheelhouse data as of October 21, 2026.

Booked Occupancy is the share of nights already reserved for each stay date as of October 21, 2026. Asking Rate is the nightly price listings advertise for each date, fees included.

The lead-time chart shows last year’s booking window for the same month: how far ahead listings were booked on average.

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