Big Bear Lake Corona Virus News Updates and how does it affect your current booking or possible future bookings?
For existing bookings in the month of April we are postponing/cancelling. If you wish to postpone your trip in many cases we can get an extra night depending on the weekend you choose. If an extra night is not what you are looking for we can offer a free boat rental. Remember you can cancel any of these bookings at any time as well.
5/4/2020 – City Council and committee create a plan – Check out Here
4/17/2020 –
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES PARTNERSHIP WITH VISIT BIG BEAR FOR FIREWORKS |
Earlier today, City Council approved a beneficial partnership with Visit Big Bear to fund the City’s annual fireworks display later this year. Under the terms of the partnership, the City and Visit Big Bear will share equally (50% / 50%) in the cost of the show. Each party has committed $20,000 for the initial deposit, and will remit an additional $21,000 each after the show occurs. The City and Visit Big Bear remain hopeful that the fireworks display will occur on July 4, and are considering an appropriate social distancing strategy to enable our community to safely enjoy the fireworks. If, however, it is not safe to produce the show, it will be delayed until later this summer or fall. The City and Visit Big Bear’s agreement with the fireworks company allows the City to reschedule the show for any date between July 4 and October 31 without forfeiting the initial deposit. The City and Visit Big Bear are confident that a safe date and strategy can be implemented to enable the show to occur sometime between July 4 and October 31, however, if it is not safe to do so then the show will be cancelled. The City and Visit Big Bear believe it’s important to continue planning the annual fireworks show in order to boost community spirits and also provide a jump-start for the local economy. We are pleased to engage in this partnership, and look forward to working with the Rotary Club of Big Bear to produce an enjoyable, high-quality, and SAFE event for our community. |
4/16/2020 – Our Assembly Man, Jay Obernolte, releases his comments. See here
4/14/2020 – County Position – All short-term rental operators must cease taking new reservations from April 13 – April 30. To help you comply, we’ll be blocking calendar availability for impacted listings during this time. This restriction may be extended based upon further review.
4/7/2020 – We are in constant communication with our City Manager and the County Health Officer. Right now Destination Big Bear is not allowing any check-ins and we do not expect this to change in the near future. We are very sorry. We understand that can be tough with the Stay at Home Order and getting away to Big Bear with just the family sounds great! IDEAS
We take our town’s health very seriously and right now we need to focus on staying safe and healthy. If you do wish to plan for the months of May and later we can do new bookings for you; however as we grow closer to your check in day (5 days prior) and if the County’s Health Office has not approved Vacation Rentals then we will have to either cancel the booking or post pone it to a later date. Please remember our local health is the most important issue here and your trip can only happen if our local leaders feel it is safe. We support their decisions.
For existing bookings in the month of April we are postponing/cancelling. If you wish to postpone your trip in many cases we can get an extra night depending on the weekend you choose. If an extra night is not what you are looking for we can offer a free boat rental. Remember you can cancel any of these bookings at any time as well.
3/31/2020 Weekly Update – We continue to not accept any booking for the month of April. We are also postponing or cancelling any bookings that are scheduled for the month of April. We do have a skeleton workforce working from home to answer guest and home owner calls. We have three homes that are rented by government contractors requested by the state. We do have many home owners that are now staying in their homes for extended stays.
3/23/2020 – 9:25 am San Bernadino county supports Big Bear short term vacation rental shutdown. Click here for more detail
3/22/2020 – 1:30 pm Governor’s order clarified. More detail here
3/20/2020 – 6:00pm Big Bear Lake’s Official Guidance on Corona Virus – click here to learn more
3/19/2020 – 11:00 pm – Stay at home order issued by Governor – Check out here for more – Destination Big Bear suspends bookings until 4/20/2020
3/19/2020 – The City Manager met the the Visitors Bureau at 8am. The VB issues a proclamation recommending no Visitors. The City manager then issues a statement supporting the Visitors Bureau at 5pm recommending to postpone travel but not restricting vacation rentals.
3/18/2020 – COUNTY-WIDE ORDINANCE: In an effort to protect the public from further spread of the cvirus that causes COVID-19, the County’s Acting Health Officer today ordered the cancellation of gatherings of any number of people within the county starting tomorrow through at least April 6.
Movie theatres, gyms, health clubs, bars, adult entertainment establishments, and other businesses that serve alcohol but do not serve food also must temporarily close. Food and beverage establishments must follow guidance issued by the California Department of Public Health on Monday
The order does not apply to activities “essential to the functioning of our state” including work, public transportation, airport travel, grocery stores, charitable food distribution, certified farmers’ markets, and shopping at stores or malls. The order also does not apply to congregate living situations, including dormitories and homeless encampments. All San Bernardino County public schools have voluntarily closed as part of the effort to stop the spread of the virus, according to the County Superintendent of Schools.
3/18/2020 VRBO releases policy – Check out VRBO Policy here
3/15/2020 AIRBNB issues their policy – Check out AIRBNB Policy Here
3/15/2020 – Big Bear Ski Resorts Suspend Operations Learn more here