Saturday, May 16, 2020

Escambia Short Term Rentals: What is the County's Plan so We Can Re-Open Monday?

There was a mad scramble last week with multiple people working diligently to get Escambia County's short-term rental units back on the market, up and running as our beach season has begun.

For reasons that perplex most of us------Hotels had been given the thumbs up to open---but short term beach and other rentals had been ordered to remain closed.  This was/is ridiculous---- and many people were contacting the governor to get him to lift this restriction.

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners sent a letter requesting these rentals be allowed to open.

Property managers were desperately seeking relief and the ability to rent their client's units.

Now comes the requested relief.....

Yesterday, via this executive order by Governor DeSantis,   vacation rentals will be permitted effective Monday, May18th  IF a plan to safely open these rental facilities is submitted to the Governor's office and approved by his staff.

Late last night, Escambia County's Plan was submitted by Administrator Gilley to the Governor's office.  We believe it will be acceptable, as it is modeled on other panhandle county plans.  We believe, and are cautiously optimistic, that short-term vacations rentals will once again be permitted in Escambia County beginning Monday-----under some very measured, reasonable conditions described below.






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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2020 at 1:14 PM

    I mean does this really matter. Folks have been using VRBOs in Perdido the whole time. Just told to say they were here on "business" by the property managers. I mean the lady at the grocery store with multiple kids that just got here from Louisiana renting a condo did not seem to have any issues.

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