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Hospitality Net
4 days ago
- Business
- Hospitality Net
Big Bear Lake Named America's Sunniest Lakeside Destination
TORONTO, ON – July 15, 2025 — Vacation rental marketplace has unveiled a new national study revealing Big Bear Lake in California as the sunniest lakeside destination in the U.S., based on the latest solar radiation data. The insights offer property managers and vacation rental hosts valuable cues for marketing lakeside stays—particularly for travelers prioritizing sun-soaked escapes. The ranking is based on average Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI), a metric used to measure the amount of direct sunlight a surface receives, with data sourced from the 2023 National Solar Radiation Database. analyzed over 100 popular lakeside destinations and identified the top 10 sunniest cities across the country—many of which present promising opportunities for hosts looking to maximize occupancy and guest satisfaction. Top 3 Sunniest Lakeside Destinations Big Bear Lake, California – 335.02 W/m² – 335.02 W/m² Lake Havasu City, Arizona – 314.13 W/m² – 314.13 W/m² Santa Rosa, New Mexico – 296.73 W/m² 'Sunshine isn't just a perk—it's a driver of vacation decisions,' said David Ciccarelli, CEO of 'For property managers, these insights can inform everything from pricing strategy to amenity offerings. Travelers tend to stay longer and book earlier when they anticipate great weather.' Why This Matters for Property Managers Longer Guest Stays: Guests are more likely to book extended trips to sunny destinations, especially when they plan outdoor activities. Guests are more likely to book extended trips to sunny destinations, especially when they plan outdoor activities. Marketing Potential: 'Sunniest destination' can serve as a strong property differentiation and an ad hook across platforms like Airbnb, VRBO and 'Sunniest destination' can serve as a strong property differentiation and an ad hook across platforms like Airbnb, VRBO and Improved Guest Experience: More sun equals more outdoor fun, which enhances reviews and repeat bookings. Top 10 Sunniest Lakeside Destinations in America Big Bear Lake, California – Big Bear Lake – 335.02 W/m² Lake Havasu City, Arizona – Havasu Lake – 314.13 W/m² Santa Rosa, New Mexico – Santa Rosa Lake – 296.73 W/m² Clearlake, California – Clear Lake – 287.86 W/m² Carson City, Nevada – Lake Tahoe – 278.27 W/m² Hanford-Corcoran, California – Tulare Lake – 271.16 W/m² Klamath Falls, Oregon – Klamath Lake – 253.46 W/m² Marble Falls, Texas – Lake Marble Falls – 242.54 W/m² Lakeland, Florida – Lake Parker – 240.48 W/m² Ogallala, Nebraska – Lake Ogallala – 240.34 W/m² If you use these insights, please credit and link to: About specializes in lakehouses and vacation rentals within a 15-minute drive of lakes, bays, rivers, canals, and coasts. Focusing on family, friendship, and caring for the natural world, blends tradition with technology, offering a return to the simple pleasures of life for families vacationing in the great outdoors. For more information, visit Stephanie Ciccarelli Chief Marketing Officer 226-794-5744 View source
Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Daily Mail
California lakeside oasis is overrun by outsiders
A gorgeous California lakeside oasis has turned into everything but that after being overrun by rowdy and disruptive outsiders causing 'apocalyptic' scenes. Pinecrest Lake, a stunning body of water and outdoor site located in the Sierra Nevada , has long been known as a hotspot for swimming, hiking and camping - but it has turned into somewhat of a warzone in recent years. The 300-acre lake, owned and operated by Pacific, Gas and Electric Company, is tucked away in Tuolumne County's Stanislaus National Forest that has long been visited by tourists and even called home for locals. The locals, who live in cabins at the lake, have noticed a surge in visitation from outsiders since the pandemic, as well as in the summer months and weekends. What they weren't prepared for was what tourists brought with them, including violent fights, drugs, illegal camping, parking, letting dogs roam around free, graffiti-covered bathrooms, among other disturbances. 'Personally, I rarely go to the lake on weekends anymore because we know what a mess it is,' said Martha Geiszler, who owns a cabin near the lake and manages the Friends of Pinecrest Facebook Group, told the San Francisco Chronicle. 'There's very little visitor information given and very little law enforcement presence, so every rule is broken,' she added. Geiszler (pictured) isn't the only one who's noticed the uptick in chaos, as Tuolumne County Supervisor Anaiah Kirk told the outlet: 'There have been some apocalyptic weekends.' Locals and park workers have also had to deal with an influx of traffic, trash, cars parked in fire lanes, and even drownings. In October 2023, a 59-year-old man drowned while swimming in Pinecrest Lake. When officers with the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office got to the lake, they questioned witnesses and reviewed video footage from the man's boat. It was later determined that the man, Brian Campbell, jumped into the water without a lifejacket on, his friend told police. The friend managed to drag him back to shore after jumping in after him. Medics then performed life-saving measures on Campbell, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. With chaos at an all time high at the lake, the county has set up new measures to try and decrease the troubling behavior. Kirk (pictured) said if those fail to help stop it, he is prepared to implement stricter rules that would make it harder not just for victors, but for locals, to enjoy the area. 'I'm ready to go full-bore and do a lot more things,' Kirk said. 'But we're slowing down and going to implement a few things at a time.' First and foremost, Kirk said the county will crack down on the slew of illegal parking around the lake. Just last summer, a number of emergencies were slowed down due to illegally parked cars lined up along Pinecrest Lake Road, Tuolumne County Sheriff David Vasquez told the outlet. Hundreds of citations were written last year, with most of them related to parking violations, Vasquez added. In March, just before the summer months hit, the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors approved new parking violation fees for the lake to try to get the problem under control. A $35 ticket has since been hiked up to $100 for the first offense, and $200 for the second. The county has also gone on to install dozens of 'No Parking' signs along Pinecrest Lake Road to deter people from leaving their vehicles on the roadsides. 'People were looking at a $35 citation as an acceptable tradeoff. We need to create a psychological deterrent,' Vasquez said. Kirk, along with other supervisors, is keen about increasing the first offense penalty to $250 if parking issues persist. While staff has tried to crack down on the parking dilemma, furious locals have called for more beach patrols and rule enforcement at the lake. So far this summer, Geiszler said she has seen a lack of staffing at the lake - something she attributes to the recent cuts to federal land workers. Pinecrest Lake is under the supervision of the U.S. Forest Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. President Donald Trump has slashed U.S. Forest Service operations and funding for National Forest management by about $800 million. Shawn Winstead, the district ranger for the Forest Service's Sugar Pine District, said two staffers are assigned to patrol Pinecrest and clean the bathrooms there. Locals, including Geiszler, said that there are not at all enough employees to take care of the area. She recalled the approximately six bathrooms looking 'absolutely disgusting' during Memorial Day Weekend. 'You can't just have one or two people patrolling the beach every weekend with all those people,' she added. According to Vasquez, staffing in his office has increased over the past year and he is making sure his deputies are prioritizing calls from Pinecrest this summer to try and crack down on the mayhem. 'I stand behind everyone's constitutional rights to access that land, but we were receiving astronomical amounts of complaints about overcrowding and illegal parking,' he said. While many locals have brought up implementing restrictions across the park and lake at local town hall meetings, Winstead said the county has not decided on that just yet. 'Right now, we're not looking at restricting access in any way. We're trying to keep everything open for everybody,' he explained. 'But if there were some kind of restriction in that area, we'd have a carrying capacity and that would affect everybody — cabin owners, visitors, everybody.' Kirk said they have also considered bringing in metered parking spaces into the beach area, installing a gated tollbooth at the entrance that would not allow cars in when capacity is reached, and offering a parking shuttle to the beach. 'There are a lot of potentials. We'll have an evaluation after this summer,' Kirk said.
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ex-NFL head coach stuns fans with NSFW shirt to celebrate Fourth of July
ESPN analyst and ex-NFL coach Rex Ryan celebrated the Fourth of July with two former co-workers - but drew snickers for his NSFW and punny t-shirt. Ryan was joined by a pair of former on-air personalities at the 'Worldwide Leader': Sage Steele and Sam Ponder. Steele and Ponder, both of whom have been critical of their former employer in the past and have since expressed their more conservative political views not in line with the company, were seen flanking Ryan standing on a lakeside dock. But what attracted attention was Ryan's red t-shirt featuring a patriotic looking firework with the caption: 'Just here to bang'. Steele shared the photo to her X account, finding the fun in the suggestive phrase on Ryan's shirt. 'If Rex Ryan's t-shirt doesn't make your day like it made mine (and @samponder) not sure what will. Happy belated 4th of July!,' Steele captioned the post. Plenty of fans and even some others who work in sports reacted to the photo. Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin quote tweeted the photo with a facepalm emoji. 'Gotta be the most American shirt ive seen in years,' said one user on the site. Another remarked, 'I love that conservative women have a sense of humor. Also I need this shirt.' Ryan had been linked with a return to coaching at the end of last season - including a potential reunion with his former team, the New York Jets. But after the Jets hired former Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, Ryan hadn't been linked with a move to another team.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Mother-in-Law Convinces Family to Go in on Lake House. Now She Uses It as Her Own Hoarding 'Kingdom'
A woman whose husband was roped into investing in a vacation home with his parents says the parents are now using it as their full-time property In a post on Reddit, she says her husband was convinced to invest under the pretense that the home would be used by the entire family But midway through construction, his parents sold their home to move to the vacation house full-timeA woman whose husband invested into a family home says the home is now being taken over by his mother — who is using it largely as a place to store all the items she "hoards." In a post shared to Reddit, the woman writes that her mother- and father-in-law bought a lakeside property a few years ago, under the pretense that it would be a summer house for the entire family to enjoy. "Under that sales pitch," she writes. her husband and his brother "each invested 50% of the cost to build a guest house next to the main property so 'everyone could enjoy the space together and autonomously.' " But while construction was nearing its end, her in-laws opted to sell their primary residence and move into the lakeside home full-time. "So now, what we actually have is a guest house next to my mother-in-law's full-time residence, meaning we can never truly enjoy the place without having to see them," she writes. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. What's more is that her husband is still expected to chip in for many costs — including a boat that remains on the property, and which he opted out of investing in (a decision met with "disapproval," she writes). Now, the mother-in-law has begun treating the guest house as a storage space for her "hoarding overflow." "The freezer is stuffed to the brim with her random food, the closets are overflowing with their stuff, and last time we stayed over, we got scolded for leaving half a banana in the fridge and a couple of mugs in the sink," she writes. "But sure, let's pretend it's 'ours to enjoy.' " What's more, she writes, is that when her husband casually mentioned that he would like to buy his own summer place someday, his mom "freaked out and demanded, 'Why would you do that when you already have a summer place with us.' " "But MIL sold the 'family cabin dream,' took the money, moved in full-time, stuffed it with her junk, and now expects us to keep funding their lifestyle while we tiptoe around her rules and drama. And the total amount of time they will go away this summer: 2 nights," she writes. Commenters are telling them to run. "Oof take whatever money they are willing to give back and get out," writes one. "Honestly some money back is better than no money back! Ignore the increase in property values and just focus on not taking too much of a hit and being clear of them!" "Can't believe they're also using the guest house for their storage too," says another. "Completely insufferable. Get out as quick as you can and buy a place far from them." Read the original article on People
Wall Street Journal
03-07-2025
- Wall Street Journal
The Ultimate American Summer Adventure? Exploring the Adirondacks by Canoe.
A few summers ago, my friend Matt Strauss invited me up north to what his family calls Camp. His great-great-grandparents staked out the rustic lakeside retreat around the turn of the last century in the southwest part of New York's Adirondack Park. I was thrilled, though the region was entirely mysterious to me. Intimidating, even. I've returned each year since and grown marginally more at ease in Matt's small, secret corner of the Adirondacks. It helps to know somebody who's walked those woods his whole life. But what about the visitor who doesn't?
