TAMPA, Florida – Summer is here, Independence Day is approaching, and if you haven’t booked your Tampa Bay Area hotel room, you may be late.

Hotels in the popular Florida vacation region are in high demand after the pandemic restrictions have been lifted.

Several hotel searches show dates from Friday July 2nd through Sunday July 4th are either completely sold out or show limited spots for the red, white, and blue weekends.

Waterfront hotels seem to be the most popular choice for visitors to Tampa. Travel agencies such as Travel city show that the rooms are completely sold out.

Other waterfront hotels in Tampa that are listed on Expedia Show mostly reserved rooms with only a few spaces left, which is an urgent need for potential visitors to book quickly.

A COVID-19 alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 92 percent of flights are in the Tampa Bay area.

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