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Northwest Ohio hotel rooms nearly full ahead of total solar eclipse

According to Destination Toledo on Friday, less than 350 out of the 5,000 hotel rooms in Lucas County are available.

ROSSFORD, Ohio — Visitors will be making their way to northwest Ohio soon for the total solar eclipse on Monday. Many of them probably need a place to stay, but is there room?

"Few rooms available, I think six at the moment," said Perrysburg Holiday Inn Director of Sales Peter Wishart on Friday. "We were sold out, but we've had some cancellations, so we do have a bit of availability."

On Clark Drive, located right off of I-75 in Rossford, there are five major hotel brands with a total of 500 rooms. Every single one of them is fully booked this weekend.

The executive director of Rossford Convention and Visitors Bureau, Beth Genson, said the department has been getting requests for reservations through its website.

"A lot of people are still looking and saying, 'Hey, this is a big thing. We need to be here so we can see it,'" Gensen said.

Jenna Lee works at Country Inn & Suites in Rossford. She said the past couple of days there has been an increase in people wanting a room.

"A lot of people are just calling around, kind of getting pricing, seeing what's up," Lee said. "But we've probably turned down, probably two handfuls, over 10."

Courtyard Inn is one of the hotels on Clark Road. Genson has been planning an eclipse event for the hotel guests. With rooms being fully booked, she's preparing for over 1,000 people.

According to Destination Toledo on Friday, less than 350 out of the 5,000 hotel rooms in Lucas County are available.

Genson said it will be hard for people to find any hotel even outside of Lucas County.

"Down to Findlay, all of northwest Ohio from Toledo on down," Genson said, describing where hotel rooms are getting booked.

While it's shaping up to be a busy day for those in the hospitality industry, that won't stop some of them from viewing the once-in-a-lifetime event.

"I'll be coming out to take a look at the sun with everyone else," Wishart said. "I don't know if I'll stay the whole two or three minutes. But I'll sneak in a look and maybe a picture."

Destination Toledo said hotel rooms are opening up Monday night around Lucas County. Genson said that's the case in Rossford for people who want to arrive early on eclipse day and stay the night. But the eclipse will be long gone by then.

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