Cottage Colony and RV Park Poll

The Polldaddy Survey is limited to 100 responses.  We have now exceeded that limit.
Please provide your answers to the following poll instead – an unlimited number of responses (1 per user however) are available for polls.
Cottage Colony and RV Park Poll
While the poll will not provide the type of demographic data the survey collected, it [...]

Tell Us What You Think About The Future Of Cottage Colonies and RV Parks on Old Wharf Road

I have received many comments and questions about the area along Old Wharf Road relative to the current status and future of the cottage colonies and RV Parks in this area.  Take the survey below and let and let us know what you think.
Cottage Colony and RV Park Survey Link
If this survey has hit its [...]

Economic Development Committee to Discuss Hotel Resort Zoning Proposal

The Dennis Economic Development Committee will be continuing its efforts to explore the Hotel Resort Zoning Proposal it has been working on for the past two years.  The next meeting will be held on Thursday November 19, 2009 at 9 am. The meeting will be held in the Downstairs Large Conference Room. The [...]

Condo/Hotel Survey Says

Over the past couple of months I have tried to gauge your interests in modifying the current hotel/motel zoning provisions related to interval ownership.  While these polls are clearly unscientific, they provide a sense of the visitors to this site.  The poll illustrated that 78% of those responding felt that some form of interval ownership [...]

More Travel Tidbits

Here are a variety of travel expectations from various sources, with nearly 25% of the nation’s population within driving distance of Cape Cod, perhaps we won’t have as dire a year as other areas:
From TripAdvisor:
Seventy-three percent of U.S. respondents said they plan to visit a national park in 2009, up from 62 percent one year [...]

Tourism 2009 A New Dimension

The New York Times article I discussed in my previous post provided some interesting observations on the state of tourism.  Here are a few quick hits:

People are staying closer to home.
People are staying for shorter periods of time.
More people are deciding whether to take a vacation at the last minute.
People are being more choosy about [...]

Second Homes as Rentals – Something I Had Previously Pondered

Several weeks ago I commented on a Business Week article here.  At the time I was pondering what the impact of the economic crisis was going to have on our second home market.  I, quite honestly, had thought that there would either be a large jump in population as people pursued early retirement, or there [...]

More On The Impacts Of The Decline In Tourist Expenditures

In my last Economic Development post I discussed data that was received about the trend over the past several years on hotel tax revenue for the town.  I left that discussion off with a discussion about anticipated changes in the coming year for the tourist industry.  Specifically, that the expectations are that there will be [...]

Another Look At The Impact Of The Loss Of Hotel Rooms On The Town Of Dennis

The data provided to me by Chuck Carey on Hotel Rooms Tax Revenue provides all sorts of analysis possibilities.  The following provides some information specific to the Town of Dennis.
Between 2000 and 2007 the Town of Dennis Rooms tax revenue dropped from $1,178,239 to $903,321.  Through the first ten months of 2008 rooms taxes have [...]

Some Hotel Rooms Tax Information

Chuck Carey sent me some information he received from the Department of Revenue.  The data tells an interesting story.  Rooms tax in Dennis has been dropping.  It has dropped in years when tax collections on all of Cape Cod climbed.  It has dropped in years when tax collections in Yarmouth have climbed.  The drop in [...]