ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. — Bed tax collections in Pinellas County have been down for two months in a row with a major contributing factor coming from hotels and short term vacation rentals which have remained closed since last year’s hurricanes, according to Visit St. Pete-Clearwater.

What You Need To Know • St. Pete Beach currently has four large hotels which have not yet reopened • Those hotels include The Postcard Inn, The Beachcomber, The Bellwether and the Dolphin Resort • The Beachcomber will reopen on Oct. 30 • Bed tax collections in Pinellas County were down for June and July

“The majority of the shortfall is coming from… vacation rentals and some of our lower areas of Pinellas County,” said Eddie Kirsch, VSPC Dir. Digital and Data. “St. Pete Beach and a little bit of Madeira

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