Bookings +75%. Rates +6%. Same Week, Same Country.

STR Unpacked · Aug 12, 2026 · 3m · transcript

Spain goes dark this evening. In A Coruña, totality lasts 76 seconds. 🌑

The demand was never in doubt. The pricing was.

SiteMinder compared 10–12 August bookings against the same nights last year:

➡️ Asturias: bookings +76%, rates +85%

➡️ Palma: bookings +75%, rates +24%

➡️ Valencia: bookings +75%, rates +6%

Same event. Same week. Same country. Three completely different rate responses.

Lighthouse shows it from the other side. Santiago de Compostela offers near-identical viewing to A Coruña and sits at $193 a night, 13% above last year. A Coruña runs 80% higher, with 81% of its short-term…