Portland, Maine: Sunday trails Saturday in Booked Occupancy (Nov 2–8, 2026)

Portland, Maine short-term rentals for Nov 2–8, 2026: Sunday has lower Booked Occupancy than Saturday, although the Northeast Snow Show continues.

Updated November 2, 2026

The Northeast Snow Show spans Saturday and Sunday in Portland, Maine. For hosts considering those nights during Nov 2–8, 2026, does a shared event calendar warrant the same attention? Friday provides an important clue.

Sunday has lower citywide Booked Occupancy than Saturday in Portland, Maine, although the Northeast Snow Show runs both days. For stays November 2, 2026–November 8, 2026, Wheelhouse data as of October 28, 2026 shows Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 14.8% Booked Occupancy versus Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 10.8% Booked Occupancy. Sunday has more time remaining until arrival than Saturday.

Wheelhouse data shows Friday matching Saturday for the week’s highest Booked Occupancy, before the Northeast Snow Show opens.

The show spans the weekend, but the overnight dates differ

First Tracks: Northeast Snow Show runs at Thompson’s Point on November 7, 2026–November 8, 2026, within the analyzed stay window of November 2, 2026–November 8, 2026. Saturday night, Nov 7, follows the opening day; Sunday night, Nov 8, follows the closing day. The event overlaps both dates, but those nights occupy different places in its schedule.

That distinction makes the calendar useful for organizing a review, rather than treating the show as a single signal for every overlapping night. The weekday itself could explain the Saturday–Sunday difference; the event dates alone do not explain the Booked Occupancy gap.

Portland, MaineData as of Oct 28, 2026

Portland, Maine · citywide context

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

November 3, 2026

Nov 3, 2026 – Nov 3, 2026 · Snapshot Oct 28, 2026

Booked occupancy
10.2%
Asking rate (USD)
$474

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

Friday matches Saturday before the show opens

Friday, Nov 6, has Booked Occupancy of 14.8%, matching Saturday’s 14.8%. The week’s leading nights therefore begin before the expo’s opening day, complicating a simple reading that the show dates should stand apart together.

For an operator, the practical question is whether Sunday differs from its own usual pattern—not whether it matches Saturday. If past Sundays also trail past Saturdays when checked on comparable terms, this week’s contrast would offer less reason to single out Sunday. A Sunday that trails its own history would make it the more relevant date to investigate.

Portland, Maine · Lead time

Last year’s booking window: November 2025 stays

Listings in rangeCumulative listings
Share in rangeCumulative share0.0%0%3.8%25%7.5%50%11.2%75%15.0%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 13.0%Cumulative 13.0%
13.0% of listings averaged more than 0 days and up to 5 days of lead time;13.0% averaged at most 5 days.

As of Oct 28, 2026

Methodology and source

Nov 2025 stays · Retrieved Nov 2, 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%.

Sunday’s own history can determine the focus

Use Wheelhouse Performance Analytics to examine bookings for Sunday, Nov 8, against past Sundays, and Saturday, Nov 7, against past Saturdays, checked the same number of days before arrival with the same nights open for booking. If Sunday is below its own historical pattern while Saturday matches its history, keep the focus on Sunday. If both match their respective histories, the shared expo calendar and citywide gap alone offer no additional reason to prioritize Sunday.

How Wheelhouse measures this

Wheelhouse Market Reports track bookings and advertised prices across short-term rental listings in Portland, Maine. This article uses Wheelhouse data as of October 28, 2026.

Booked Occupancy is the share of nights already reserved for each stay date as of October 28, 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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