Florida runs on traveling customers.

Tampa and Orlando carry the deepest operator supply in the state, and they behave differently: Orlando's inventory is built around multi-day family stays, so a youth tournament fills it in one direction, while Tampa spreads across business, cruise and event demand at once. The coastal markets — Destin, Sarasota, St. Pete Beach, Anna Maria — are the ones that run out first, because their supply is seasonal and their weekends are already spoken for.

Because Florida guests bring families and families book houses. A block is negotiated in hotel rooms, but a four-person travel-ball family at a Kissimmee tournament is comparing a two-queen room against a three-bedroom rental at a similar total. The block is measured against demand that was never going to use it, and the organiser still signs the attrition clause.

It pushes commitment later. Guests travelling into Florida between June and November hold off on non-refundable lodging, which widens the gap between when they buy your ticket or registration and when they book a bed. That gap is exactly the window a confirmation-page offer occupies.