2027 Tour de France
Friday 2nd July, 2027
The 2027 Tour de France starts in Edinburgh on 2 July, with opening stages crossing Scotland, England and Wales.
This gives you a chance to talk about places to stay and neighbourhoods to explore as fans travel across Britain for the race.
Why have we flagged this?
The Grand Départ across Britain could drive visitor demand and give you a timely way to share stay options and booking trends near the route.
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Map booking spikes along the 2027 Tour de France route
Release a single stat showing the biggest week-on-week jump in Airbnb nights within 5 km of each stage start and finish, highlighting which UK towns see the steepest surge.
Data to investigate: Analyse your booking data to compare nights booked within 5 km of each 2027 UK stage start/finish versus the same week last year, and surface the top surge by location.
Why: A clear leaderboard of hostspots along the route gives consumer and travel desks an easy, hyper-local story that proves where fans are actually staying.