Balloon Fiesta 2026: Bristol Short Lets by the Numbers

What calendars showed five days before the Fiesta

The official Fiesta programme ran from 7 to 9 August 2026 at Ashton Court. On 3 August, Upgraded Intelligence measured future calendar availability across 217 tracked properties within ten kilometres of Bristol city centre. The data engine also measured advertised rates in a separate professionally priced cohort.

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• Fiesta Saturday, 8 August: 92% calendar unavailability.
• Fiesta Friday, 7 August: 86% calendar unavailability.
• Professional price cohort median for Saturday: £220, compared with observations around £100 for the following midweek.

These are two separate market observations. Calendar unavailability is not a reservation ledger, and the advertised rate cohort does not show what any individual guest paid.

Area by area calendar unavailability

The 3 August reading showed different unavailable shares across the city for Saturday 8 August. Each area figure is published with its tracked sample.

• Clifton: 92% unavailable across 48 tracked properties
• Redland and Cotham: 92% unavailable across 62 tracked properties
• Easton and Greenbank: 92% unavailable across 25 tracked properties
• Harbourside and the city centre: 87% unavailable across 70 tracked properties
• Bedminster and Southville: 86% unavailable across 50 tracked properties
• Totterdown: 79% unavailable across 33 tracked properties

The figures describe closed calendar nights when measured. They do not establish why a night was unavailable or what happened after the observation.

Saturday, Sunday and midweek comparison

Sunday 9 August showed 66% calendar unavailability in the same reading, which was 26 points below Saturday. The Monday to Thursday period after the Fiesta showed 55% to 60% calendar unavailability, with professional rate observations around £100.

The comparison can prompt a property pricing review. It does not prove that the Fiesta caused a booking, that the Saturday rate was achieved or what one property should charge. More dated observations appear in the Bristol events and short let pricing guide.

Citing these figures

These figures are dated observations from 3 August 2026. Calendar unavailability covers the tracked property sample. Unavailable nights may be booked, owner blocked or otherwise restricted and are not confirmed occupancy. Nightly rates are the median among the separate professionally priced cohort. Journalists and researchers may cite the figures with credit and a link. For another cut of the data, contact the research team.

Apply the observation to one Bristol short let

Review the property's confirmed reservation history, lead time, final nightly rate, stay length, cancellations and net revenue for comparable dates. Our Bristol short let management service can review that pricing record, while the short let valuation provides a property specific estimate with its assumptions. The calculation method is explained in our dynamic pricing guide.