Hilton Head Island: Concours Sunday has lowest Booked Occupancy (Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026)

The Concours d’Elegance puts Sunday, Nov 1, on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina’s calendar. But the headline occasion is not the stay night with the highest Booked Occupancy. For operators, that makes the festival’s individual dates more useful to examine than a single weekend label.

Concours Sunday has the lowest citywide Booked Occupancy of the week in Hilton Head Island. For stays October 26, 2026–November 1, 2026, Wheelhouse data as of October 18, 2026 shows Booked Occupancy of 10.4% on Sunday, November 1, 2026, versus the week's highest, 14.1%, on Thursday, October 29, 2026. These figures measure the share of nights already reserved, not final Occupancy or booking growth.

Wheelhouse shows that Thursday leads Booked Occupancy while Friday has the highest Asking Rate.

The Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival runs October 29, 2026–November 1, 2026, within the analyzed stay window of October 26, 2026–November 1, 2026. Its program spans distinct occasions: the Lowcountry Driving Tour and evening concert on Friday, Oct 30, the Car Club Showcase on Saturday, Oct 31, and the Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, Nov 1. That calendar gives operators a reason to examine each night, but the schedule alone does not explain the Booked Occupancy ranking.

Price adds another distinction. Friday’s Asking Rate is $363, compared with Thursday’s $348, even though Thursday leads Booked Occupancy. Asking Rate means the advertised nightly price including fees, not achieved ADR. The highest advertised price and the highest reserved share therefore point to different dates; neither supports applying a uniform festival premium.

Sunday also has more time remaining until arrival than Thursday. That timing difference and the different weekdays remain competing explanations to investigate, rather than evidence that the event itself produces the gap.

Before using those citywide Asking Rates to assess a listing, place the property in its bedroom group. Wheelhouse Market Pulse for October 2026, as of October 18, 2026, puts the median Asking Rate for 2 bedrooms in the $225 to under $230 band, compared with $330 to under $335 for 3 bedrooms and $505 to under $510 for 4 bedrooms.

The spread within a bedroom group matters too. For 3 bedrooms, the lower-quartile Asking Rate band is $250 to under $255 and the upper-quartile band is $430 to under $435. Bedroom count narrows the comparison without making every similarly sized home interchangeable.

These fee-inclusive monthly bands provide context, not festival-night benchmarks. They cover a different window from the weekly outlook and do not show bedroom-specific Booked Occupancy. Use them to choose a more relevant comparison group, not to assign a price to Sunday.

Use Wheelhouse Dynamic Sets to build pricing context from comparable listings with the relevant bedroom count, location and amenities. Inspect Thursday, Oct 29, through Sunday, Nov 1, separately. The question is whether comparable homes also advertise distinct prices for these dates—not whether your property matches the citywide average.

Then use Wheelhouse Performance Analytics alongside your booking records to examine your own reserved nights and confirmed booked rates. Keep eligible nights consistent and account for cancellations and blocks. Where comparable historical records exist, compare each date with its own same-weekday reference at matching time remaining until arrival; Thursday and Sunday are not interchangeable controls.

Sunday is the priority investigation because the calendar prominence and reserved share point in different directions. If comparable listings and your own records also distinguish Sunday, retain that date-specific focus. If your Sunday commitments are stronger than those references, shift attention toward the dates where your property actually has availability rather than following the citywide ranking.

Wheelhouse Market Reports track bookings and advertised prices across short-term rental listings in Hilton Head Island. This article uses Wheelhouse data as of October 18, 2026.

Booked Occupancy is the share of nights already reserved for each stay date as of October 18, 2026. Asking Rate is the nightly price listings advertise for each date, fees included.

The bedroom chart uses monthly asking-rate distributions for 2026-10, including fees. Quartiles and medians are price bands, not exact prices. Bedroom groups follow the source report. These price distributions do not establish bedroom-specific occupancy.

Figures come from Wheelhouse Market Reports, dated as shown in this article.

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