Yosemite National Park: Halloween trails Monday in Booked Occupancy (Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026)

Yosemite National Park short-term rentals for Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026: Halloween has lower Booked Occupancy than Monday, despite a higher Asking Rate.

Updated October 26, 2026

Halloween and Yosemite Valley sunset walks put Saturday on the calendar in Yosemite National Park, California. For Hosts & Operators considering which nights warrant attention during Oct 26–Nov 1, 2026, Monday provides a useful counterpoint to the holiday weekend.

Halloween Saturday has lower citywide Booked Occupancy than Monday in Yosemite National Park. For stays October 26, 2026–November 1, 2026, Wheelhouse data as of October 23, 2026 shows Monday, October 26, 2026, at 14.9% Booked Occupancy and $343 Asking Rate, versus Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 14.5% Booked Occupancy and $374 Asking Rate. Saturday has more time remaining until arrival than Monday.

Wheelhouse data shows Halloween Saturday has a higher Asking Rate than Monday but lower Booked Occupancy.

Monday complicates the Halloween picture

Saturday, Oct 31, has an Asking Rate of $374, above Monday’s $343, yet its Booked Occupancy trails Monday’s. That contrast makes the holiday label alone a poor guide to which stay dates stand out in this observation.

Friday, Oct 30, adds an important counterexample: it has the week’s highest Booked Occupancy, 15.9%, alongside the highest Asking Rate, $377. The pattern is therefore more specific than weekdays outperforming the weekend. Friday leads, while Halloween Saturday sits below Monday on Booked Occupancy.

Yosemite National ParkData as of Oct 23, 2026

Yosemite National Park · citywide context

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

October 27, 2026

Oct 27, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026 · Snapshot Oct 23, 2026

Booked occupancy
13.2%
Asking rate (USD)
$343

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

The sunset-walk calendar covers Friday and Saturday

Yosemite Conservancy lists sunset walks in Yosemite Valley on Friday and Saturday, Oct 30–Oct 31. The shared activity gives those evenings useful local context, but it does not explain their different Booked Occupancy readings.

The practical distinction is between a date worth noticing on the calendar and a date that stands out in the market data. Here, Halloween draws attention to Saturday, while Friday holds the highest readings for both metrics. The exact boundary of Wheelhouse’s Yosemite National Park market is not supplied, so the Valley program should be treated as local context rather than evidence about nearby rentals.

Yosemite National Park · 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 9.0%Cumulative 9.0%
9.0% of listings averaged more than 0 days and up to 5 days of lead time;9.0% averaged at most 5 days.

As of Oct 23, 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%.

Saturday’s own history can sharpen the priority

The citywide contrast makes Saturday a candidate for a property-level check, not an automatic pricing adjustment. Monday’s higher Booked Occupancy is useful perspective, but past Saturdays offer the relevant comparison for deciding whether Halloween needs attention.

Use Wheelhouse Performance Analytics to compare Saturday, Oct 31, with past Saturdays, checked the same number of days before arrival with the same nights open for booking. If your property’s Booked Occupancy is also below those past Saturdays, keep Halloween as the focus of your booking review; if it matches or exceeds them, the Monday comparison alone is not a reason to change Saturday’s pricing.

How Wheelhouse measures this

Wheelhouse Market Reports track bookings and advertised prices across short-term rental listings in Yosemite National Park. This article uses Wheelhouse data as of October 23, 2026.

Booked Occupancy is the share of nights already reserved for each stay date as of October 23, 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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